Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

भृगुकच्छस्य चोत्पत्तिः कथिता तव पाण्डव । संक्षेपेण महाराज सर्वपामप्रणाशनी

Transliteration

bhṛgukacchasya cotpattiḥ kathitā tava pāṇḍava | saṃkṣepeṇa mahārāja sarvapāmapraṇāśanī

Translation

ഹേ പാണ്ഡവ മഹാരാജാ, ഭൃഗുകച്ചയുടെ ഉത്ഭവം നിനക്കു സംക്ഷേപമായി പറഞ്ഞു; ഇത് സകലപാപനാശിനിയാണ്.

Word by Word

• भृगुकच्छस्य: of Bhṛgukaccha
• भृगुकच्छस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु-कच्छ (प्रातिपदिक; भृगु + कच्छ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• उत्पत्तिः: origin, account of origin
• उत्पत्तिः: Karta/Topic (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कथिता: has been told
• कथिता: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कर्मणि (past passive participle)

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sampradana/Relation (to you/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive pronoun)

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava
• पाण्डव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संक्षेपेण: briefly, in summary
• संक्षेपेण: Karana (Means/Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/रीति), एकवचन

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-राज (प्रातिपदिक; महा + राजन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनी: destroying all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनी: Karta qualifier (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-प्रणाशनी (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (उत्पत्तिः/कथा इत्यर्थे)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a Pāṇḍava king; likely Janamejaya in a Sūta-Vaiśaṃpāyana-style frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Janamejaya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses the Pāṇḍava king, recounting the origin of Bhṛgukaccha; listeners sit respectfully, with the river and kṣetra imagery evoked behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍava (king)
• Bhṛgukaccha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and hearing the tīrtha’s origin-story is itself purifying and removes sin-laden burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛgukaccha, a sacred locale within the Revā Khaṇḍa landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa/recitation of the tīrtha’s origin narrative (utpatti-kathā) as a purificatory act.