Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
रुक्मिणीह्रदमित्येवं कलौ ख्यातिं गताः पुनः । भृगुणा सेवितं यस्माद्भृगुतीर्थमिति स्मृतम्
rukmiṇīhradamityevaṃ kalau khyātiṃ gatāḥ punaḥ | bhṛguṇā sevitaṃ yasmādbhṛgutīrthamiti smṛtam
ထို့ကြောင့် ကလိယုဂ၌ ထိုနေရာသည် ထပ်မံ၍ «ရုက္မိဏီ-ဟ္ရဒ» ဟူ၍ ကျော်ကြားလာ၏။ ဘೃဂု ရှင်ရသီက သွားရောက်ဆည်းကပ်ခဲ့သဖြင့် «ဘೃဂု-တီရ္ထ» ဟူ၍ မှတ်မိကြသည်။
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya style)
Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-hrada / Bhṛgu-tīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: A serene pond revered as Rukmiṇī-hrada; Bhṛgu ṛṣi is shown performing austerity or offering arghya at its bank; subtle Kali-yuga markers (simpler attire, fewer grand rites).
FAQs
A tīrtha is validated by saintly association; when great ṛṣis frequent a place, its sanctity and fame become established for pilgrims.
Rukmiṇī-hrada, also known as Bhṛgu-tīrtha, in the Dvārakā-māhātmya setting.
No explicit rite here; it provides the tīrtha’s names and the reason for the epithet ‘Bhṛgu-tīrtha’.