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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

बभ्रुं च नकुलं प्राह विमुक्तो दुष्टजन्मतः । यस्मात्तस्मादिदं तीर्थं ख्यातं वै बभ्रु पावनम्

Transliteration

babhruṃ ca nakulaṃ prāha vimukto duṣṭajanmataḥ | yasmāttasmādidaṃ tīrthaṃ khyātaṃ vai babhru pāvanam

Translation

Et il dit à Babhru et à Nakula : « J’ai été délivré d’une naissance mauvaise. » C’est pourquoi ce tīrtha est vraiment renommé sous le nom de “Babhru-pāvana”, le purificateur de Babhru.

Word by Word
बभ्रुम्Babhru (name)
बभ्रुम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction
नकुलम्Nakula (name)
नकुलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular
प्राहsaid
प्राह:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — perfect, 3rd sg, active ‘said’
विमुक्तःfreed
विमुक्तः:
Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past participle ‘freed’
दुष्टजन्मतःfrom an evil birth
दुष्टजन्मतः:
Apadana (Ablative/source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootदुष्ट + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठी): ‘दुष्टं जन्म’ (evil birth); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — neuter ablative singular
यस्मात्because of which
यस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — relative pronoun ablative singular ‘from which/wherefore’
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — demonstrative pronoun ablative singular ‘therefore/from that’
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta (Subject-determiner/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootइदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally
तीर्थम्holy place/pilgrimage site
तीर्थम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — neuter nominative singular
ख्यातम्is renowned
ख्यातम्:
Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकृदन्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past participle used predicatively ‘is renowned’
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात, निश्चयार्थक) — particle of emphasis/assurance
बभ्रुO Babhru
बभ्रु:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootबभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — vocative singular
पावनम्purifying
पावनम्:
Karta (Subject-attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपावन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — neuter nominative singular (agreeing with तीर्थम्)
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice; quoted speech within narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Babhru-pāvana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhartṛyajña addresses Babhru and Nakula near the sacred waters/shrine, declaring his release from evil birth; a signboard-like inscription ‘Babhru-pāvana’ is suggested as the tīrtha’s newly established fame.

Characters & Entities
B
Babhru
N
Nakula
B
Babhru-pāvana Tīrtha

FAQs

A tīrtha becomes famous through lived transformation—when devotees are purified, the place-name itself memorializes that grace.

Babhru-pāvana tīrtha (a named sacred spot within the Guptakṣetra/saṅgama complex).

No direct rite is specified here; it explains the tīrtha’s fame and purificatory power.

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