Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । तत्रैवास्ति महाभागा भ्रूणगर्तेति विश्रुता । गर्ता सुविपुलाकारा सर्वपातकनाशिनी

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tatraivāsti mahābhāgā bhrūṇagarteti viśrutā | gartā suvipulākārā sarvapātakanāśinī

Translation

സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവിടെയേ ‘ഭ്രൂണഗർത്താ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായ മഹാപുണ്യതീർത്ഥം ഉണ്ട്. അതൊരു അതിവിശാലമായ ഗർത്തം; സർവ്വപാപനാശിനി.

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta (the narrator)
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: 'there')

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle of emphasis)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• महाभागा: very fortunate/illustrious (f.)
• महाभागा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक: महा + भाग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• भ्रूणगर्ता: (the place called) Bhrūṇagartā
• भ्रूणगर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रूणगर्ता (प्रातिपदिक: भ्रूण + गर्ता)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• इति: thus/‘as’
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-निपात (quotative particle)

• विश्रुता: well-known
• विश्रुता: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• गर्ता: the pit/cleft (tīrtha)
• गर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुविपुलाकारा: of very vast form/shape
• सुविपुलाकारा: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुविपुलाकार (प्रातिपदिक: सु + विपुल + आकार)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वपातकनाशिनी: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशिनी: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपातकनाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + पातक + नाशिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhrūṇa-gartā

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (assembly of sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta points out a wide, awe-inspiring earthen pit at a sacred site; pilgrims stand with folded hands, sensing its purificatory power.

Characters & Entities

• Bhrūṇa-gartā
• Ujjayinī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames sacred geography as moral transformation: certain tīrthas are celebrated as powerful means of sin-removal and renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhrūṇa-gartā, a renowned sin-destroying spot located at/near Ujjayinī within this narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it introduces the tīrtha and its sin-destroying potency.