Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 100
ततःप्रभृति सा गर्ता प्रख्याता धरणीतले । भ्रूणगर्तेति विप्रेंद्राः सर्वपातकनाशिनी
tataḥprabhṛti sā gartā prakhyātā dharaṇītale | bhrūṇagarteti vipreṃdrāḥ sarvapātakanāśinī
അന്നുമുതൽ, ഹേ വിപ്രേന്ദ്രന്മാരേ, ആ കുഴി ഭൂമിയിൽ ‘ഭ്രൂണഗർത്ത’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായി—സകല പാപങ്ങളും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നതു.
Sūta (deduced from Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame; explicit speaker begins next adhyāya)
Tirtha: Bhrūṇagarta
Type: kund
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis (viprendra address)
Scene: A wide view of the earth-toned sacred pit with a small shrine-marker; pilgrims and brāhmaṇas point and speak its name ‘Bhrūṇagarta’, as if the very utterance carries cleansing power; banners or inscriptions emphasize its fame.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity becomes a living refuge: remembrance and contact with a holy place can dissolve even heavy demerit when approached with reverence.
Bhrūṇagarta Tīrtha, a sin-destroying sacred spot praised in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific rite is stated in this verse; it primarily establishes the tīrtha-name and its power to destroy sins.