Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90
सर्वपापहरा तेन गर्तेयं पृथि वीपते । भ्रूणगर्तेति विख्याता तस्य नामा जगत्त्रये
sarvapāpaharā tena garteyaṃ pṛthi vīpate | bhrūṇagarteti vikhyātā tasya nāmā jagattraye
അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ ഭൂമിപതേ, ഈ ഗർത്തം സർവ്വപാപഹരമായി. ത്രിലോകങ്ങളിലും ഇതിന്റെ നാമം ‘ഭ്രൂണഗർത്തം’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമാണ്.
Unspecified in snippet (narrative voice within Sūta’s telling in this adhyāya)
Tirtha: Bhrūṇagarta
Type: kund
Listener: pṛthivīpati (addressed as ‘O lord of the earth’)
Scene: A sacred earthen pit now luminous, with subtle divine radiance rising from it; pilgrims/kingly figure gestures in reverence as the name ‘Bhrūṇagarta’ is proclaimed, the landscape sanctified by unseen presence.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes spiritually potent through divine cause and tradition, earning fame as a place that destroys accumulated sin.
Bhrūṇagarta, a named sacred spot (a ‘pit’/site) praised as sarvapāpaharā.
No specific rite is stated in this verse; it focuses on the tīrtha’s name and sin-destroying power.