Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स त्यक्तो बांधवैः सर्वैः कलत्रैरपि वल्लभैः । ततो वैराग्यमापन्नो भृगुपातं पपात सः

Transliteration

sa tyakto bāṃdhavaiḥ sarvaiḥ kalatrairapi vallabhaiḥ | tato vairāgyamāpanno bhṛgupātaṃ papāta saḥ

Translation

Abandonné par tous ses proches, même par l’épouse (ou les épouses) bien-aimée(s), il entra alors dans le vairāgya, le détachement, et se rendit au tīrtha nommé Bhṛgupāta.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्यक्तः: was abandoned
• त्यक्तः: Kriyā (Predicate—state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘abandoned’

• बांधवैः: by relatives
• बांधवैः: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• कलत्रैः: by wives
• कलत्रैः: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवाद-निपात (also/even)

• वल्लभैः: beloved
• वल्लभैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (कलत्रैः इत्यस्य)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• वैराग्यम्: dispassion
• वैराग्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आपन्नः: having attained
• आपन्नः: Kriyā (Predicate—state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + पद् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, परन्तु कर्तरि-भावे ‘having attained’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भृगुपातम्: Bhṛgu’s fall (a precipice/spot named Bhṛgupāta)
• भृगुपातम्: Karma (Goal/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक) + पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—भृगोः पातः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-प्रयोग (emphatic repetition)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgupāta

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

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.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Bhṛgupāta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering can awaken vairāgya, redirecting a person from worldly reliance to tīrtha-seeking and inner reform.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛgupāta, presented as a named sacred place within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage/approach to Bhṛgupāta is implied as the next step of seeking relief and purification after remorse and detachment.