Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
स त्यक्तो बांधवैः सर्वैः कलत्रैरपि वल्लभैः । ततो वैराग्यमापन्नो भृगुपातं पपात सः
sa tyakto bāṃdhavaiḥ sarvaiḥ kalatrairapi vallabhaiḥ | tato vairāgyamāpanno bhṛgupātaṃ papāta saḥ
Von allen Verwandten verlassen, sogar von der geliebten Gattin (oder den Gattinnen), gelangte er in Vairāgya, in heilige Entsagung, und begab sich zur Tīrtha namens Bhṛgupāta.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Bhṛgupāta
Type: ghat
Scene: A leprosy-afflicted man, shunned by family and wife, walks alone with a staff toward a rugged riverbank/ghāṭa called Bhṛgupāta, his face softened by dispassion.
FAQs
Suffering can awaken vairāgya, redirecting a person from worldly reliance to tīrtha-seeking and inner reform.
Bhṛgupāta, presented as a named sacred place within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha framework.
Pilgrimage/approach to Bhṛgupāta is implied as the next step of seeking relief and purification after remorse and detachment.