Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

भविष्यति भृगुक्षेत्रं कुरुक्षेत्रादिभिः समम् । मार्तण्डग्रहणे प्राप्ते यवं कृत्वा हिरण्मयम्

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati bhṛgukṣetraṃ kurukṣetrādibhiḥ samam | mārtaṇḍagrahaṇe prāpte yavaṃ kṛtvā hiraṇmayam

Translation

Bhṛgukṣetra wird an Heiligkeit Kurukṣetra und anderen berühmten heiligen Feldern gleich werden. Wenn eine Sonnenfinsternis eintritt, soll man Gerste als Opfergabe aus Gold gestalten.

Word by Word

• भविष्यति: will become/will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• भृगुक्षेत्रम्: Bhṛgu-kṣetra (a sacred place)
• भृगुक्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुरुक्षेत्रादिभिः: with Kurukṣetra and others
• कुरुक्षेत्रादिभिः: Karana (Standard of comparison/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समम्: equal
• समम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मार्तण्डग्रहणे: at the sun-eclipse
• मार्तण्डग्रहणे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्तण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived/occurred
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• यवम्: barley
• यवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• हिरण्मयम्: golden
• हिरण्मयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solar eclipse darkens the sky over a sacred riverbank; pilgrims perform snāna and offer a small golden barley effigy to a priest, with the kṣetra glowing as equal to Kurukṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgukṣetra
• Kurukṣetra
• Mārtaṇḍa (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s glory is affirmed through dharmic acts—especially eclipse-time dāna—making the place spiritually equivalent to renowned pilgrimage fields.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛgukṣetra, praised as comparable to Kurukṣetra and other eminent kṣetras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

During a Sun eclipse, one should prepare a golden representation/offering of barley (yava-hiraṇmaya) as dāna/ritual offering.