Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45
दत्त्वा शिरसि यः स्नाति भृगुक्षेत्रे द्विजोत्तम । अविचारेण तं विद्धि संस्नातं कुरुजाङ्गले
dattvā śirasi yaḥ snāti bhṛgukṣetre dvijottama | avicāreṇa taṃ viddhi saṃsnātaṃ kurujāṅgale
हे द्विजोत्तम, जो भृगुक्षेत्रात शिरावर विधिपूर्वक अर्पण करून स्नान करतो, त्याला निःसंशय समज—तो कुरुजाङ्गल (कुरुक्षेत्र) येथेच खऱ्या अर्थाने स्नात झाला आहे.
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Tirtha: Bhṛgukṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-uttama
Scene: A brahmin pilgrim performs a small rite touching/placing an offering at the crown of the head, then steps into the river to bathe; a faint overlay shows Kurukṣetra’s landscape as a spiritual equivalence.
FAQs
Sincere tīrtha-bathing performed with the prescribed offering grants the same purificatory merit as bathing in the most celebrated pilgrimage regions.
Bhṛgukṣetra, declared equal in bathing merit to Kurujāṅgala/Kurukṣetra.
Bathing at Bhṛgukṣetra after placing/giving the appropriate offering on the head (a customary ritual gesture tied to snāna and dāna).