Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
शूलभेदमनुप्राप्य शूलं शुद्धं तु शूलिनः । तत्रोत्थमुदकं गृह्य आगता भृगुकच्छके
śūlabhedamanuprāpya śūlaṃ śuddhaṃ tu śūlinaḥ | tatrotthamudakaṃ gṛhya āgatā bhṛgukacchake
ते शूलभेदास पोहोचले, जिथे शूलधारी शिवाचे त्रिशूल शुद्ध झाले होते। तेथून प्रकट झालेले पवित्र जल घेऊन ते भृगुकच्छास आले।
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Śūlabheda
Type: kund
Listener: null
Scene: A small pilgrimage party reaches a rocky cleft or marked spot called Śūlabheda; a trident-emblem stands nearby; clear water wells up; they fill a vessel and proceed toward the riverine town of Bhṛgukaccha.
FAQs
Sacred places are portrayed as living sources of purification, whose sanctity can be carried forward through tīrtha-water.
Śūlabheda is highlighted as a purification-site, and Bhṛgukaccha is named as the next sacred destination.
Taking (collecting) the water that arises at the tīrtha after the act of purification.