Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
भृगुरुवाच । पञ्चक्रोशमिदं क्षेत्रं पद्मया शापितं विभो । उपवित्रमिदं क्षेत्रं सर्ववेदविवर्जितम् । भविष्यतीति च प्रोच्य गता देवी विदं प्रति
bhṛguruvāca | pañcakrośamidaṃ kṣetraṃ padmayā śāpitaṃ vibho | upavitramidaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvavedavivarjitam | bhaviṣyatīti ca procya gatā devī vidaṃ prati
ಭೃಗು ಹೇಳಿದರು—“ಹೇ ವಿಭೋ, ಐದು ಕ್ರೋಶ ವಿಸ್ತಾರದ ಈ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವು ಪದ್ಮಾದೇವಿಯ ಶಾಪಕ್ಕೆ ಒಳಗಾಗಿದೆ. ‘ಈ ಸ್ಥಳ ಅಪವಿತ್ರವಾಗಿ, ಸರ್ವವೇದವಿವರ್ಜಿತವಾಗುವುದು’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿ ದೇವಿ ಈ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಕುರಿತು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾ ಹೊರಟುಹೋದಳು.”
Bhṛgu
Tirtha: Pañcakrośa-kṣetra (unnamed here) in Revā-khaṇḍa
Type: kshetra
Scene: Bhṛgu reports the curse: a map-like visualization of a five-krośa circle around the kṣetra, with fading Vedic symbols (yajña-kuṇḍa, śruti scrolls) and a departing goddess (Padmā) leaving a shadow of impurity; Bhṛgu’s face shows concern and urgency.
FAQs
Even a famed holy region can decline through a śāpa (curse); restoration requires divine intervention aligned with dharma.
A five-krośa Bhṛgu-kṣetra in the Revā Khaṇḍa setting (Narmadā/Revā sacred landscape).
No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse explains the cause (Padmā’s curse) for later prescriptions of purification.