Cakratīrtha

Cakratīrtha · cakra-tīrtha, “the tīrtha of the cakra”

Cakratīrtha is a name used for more than one place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Places

• Cakratīrtha (Rāmasetu): a tīrtha on Gandhamādana in the Setu-kshetra, split in two by the Sudarśana cakra when it struck down the asura Durgamu. Skanda Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Setu Māhātmya, Chapters 3, 4 and 5
• Cakratīrtha (Naimishāraṇya): the sacred lake near Naimishāraṇya where Bhagavān Kalki bathed and the Vālakhilya ṛshis took shelter. Kalki Purāṇa, Tṛtīyāṃśa, Chapter 2
• Cakratīrtha (Veṅkaṭācala): the tīrtha on Veṅkaṭādri where the Sudarśana cakra lives for ever, after it freed the gandharva Sundara. Skanda Purāṇa, Vaishṇava Khaṇḍa, Veṅkaṭācala Māhātmya, Chapters 23–24

Named in passing

• Cakratīrtha in Pātāla: named by Cyavana as the foremost tīrtha of Pātāla, as Naimisha is on earth and Pushkara in the sky, told on Prahlāda and Nara. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 7
• Cakratīrtha of the Vāmana Purāṇa’s tīrthayātrā: the Cakratīrtha “who is Sudarśana”, worshipped by Prahlāda on his tīrthayātrā, whose glory Mārkaṇḍeya asks about at Kurukshetra, told on Tīrthas of Kurukshetra. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 55; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapters 21–22