Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

ततःप्रभृति सा गर्ता प्रख्याता धरणीतले । भ्रूणगर्तेति विप्रेंद्राः सर्वपातकनाशिनी

Transliteration

tataḥprabhṛti sā gartā prakhyātā dharaṇītale | bhrūṇagarteti vipreṃdrāḥ sarvapātakanāśinī

Translation

Von da an, o Beste der Brahmanen, wurde jene heilige Grube auf Erden als „Bhrūṇagarta“ berühmt, die alle Sünden vernichtet.

Word by Word

• tataḥ-prabhṛti: from that time onward
• tataḥ-prabhṛti: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय) + prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; कालवाचक अव्यय (from then onward)

• sā: that (she/it)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• gartā: pit, cavity
• gartā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gartā/garta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• prakhyātā: well-known, renowned
• prakhyātā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√khyā (धातु) → prakhyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (गर्ता)

• dharaṇī-tale: on the surface of the earth
• dharaṇī-tale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharaṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: धरण्याः तलम्; स्थानवाचक

• bhrūṇa-gartā: ‘Embryo-pit’ (name of the pit)
• bhrūṇa-gartā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrūṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + gartā/garta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (नामरूपेण); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भ्रूणस्य गर्ता

• iti: thus, as
• iti: Sambandha (Marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक अव्यय (quotative)

• vipra-indrāḥ: O best of Brahmins
• vipra-indrāḥ: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे: विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः (श्रेष्ठाः)

• sarva-pātaka-nāśinī: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśinī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: सर्वाणि पातकानि नाशयति इति; विशेषण (गर्ता)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame; explicit speaker begins next adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhrūṇagarta

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis (viprendra address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide view of the earth-toned sacred pit with a small shrine-marker; pilgrims and brāhmaṇas point and speak its name ‘Bhrūṇagarta’, as if the very utterance carries cleansing power; banners or inscriptions emphasize its fame.

Characters & Entities

• Bhrūṇagarta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity becomes a living refuge: remembrance and contact with a holy place can dissolve even heavy demerit when approached with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhrūṇagarta Tīrtha, a sin-destroying sacred spot praised in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated in this verse; it primarily establishes the tīrtha-name and its power to destroy sins.