[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 3.1.53.27 # Skandapurana 3.1.53.27 Skandapurāṇa 3.1.53.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.53.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.27) 23 atha cakratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgenāhirbudhnyākhyabrāhmaṇakṛta sudarśanopāsanāva-rṇanam , sudarśanacakreṇa tasya brāhmaṇasya tapovighnakāriṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ nāśanam , sudarśanacakrasaṃnidhānāttīrthasya cakratīrthatvena prasiddhiḥ, brahmadevājñayā rākṣasatrastai-ssarvadevaiścakratīrthasaṃnidhau māheśvarayajñakaraṇam, tasminyajñe prāśitrapātrasparśamātrā-cchinnapāṇeḥ saviturdevasyāṣṭāvakramunivacanāccakratīrthe snānamātreṇa hiraṇmayapāṇya-vāptivṛttāntavarṇanam, cakratīrthamāhātmyam ....... . 42 1 > 23. Now begins the description of the māhātmya of Cakratīrtha. In connection with that, the worship of Sudarśana performed by the brahmin named Ahirbudhnya is described; the destruction, by the Sudarśana discus, of the rākṣasas who caused obstacles to that brahmin's austerity; the fame of the sacred ford as Cakratīrtha because of the presence of the Sudarśana discus; the performance of a sacrifice to Maheśvara near Cakratīrtha by all the gods who were terrified of the rākṣasas, by command of Lord Brahmā; and the narrative of the god Savitṛ—whose hand was severed at that sacrifice merely upon touching the prāśitra vessel—obtaining a golden hand merely by performing ritual ablutions in Cakratīrtha, in accordance with the words of the sage Aṣṭāvakra. \[Thus ends\] the māhātmya of Cakratīrtha. 42. 1. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1.53.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.26) - [Next: 3.1.53.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.28) - [Up: 3.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.53.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.27) · Pramāṇa