Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

षष्ठस्तु ब्रह्मणः पुत्रो मानसो भृगुसत्तमः । तपश्चचार विपुलं श्रीवृते क्षेत्र उत्तमे

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhastu brahmaṇaḥ putro mānaso bhṛgusattamaḥ | tapaścacāra vipulaṃ śrīvṛte kṣetra uttame

Translation

ภฤคุ ฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐ—โอรสองค์ที่หกของพระพรหม ผู้บังเกิดจากมโน—ได้บำเพ็ญตบะอันไพศาล ณ เกษตรอันประเสริฐชื่อ ‘ศรีวฤตะ’

Word by Word

• षष्ठः: the sixth
• षष्ठः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मानसः: mind-born
• मानसः: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (पुत्रः-विशेषण)

• भृगुसत्तमः: the best of the Bhṛgus (Bhṛgu lineage)
• भृगुसत्तमः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भृगूणां सत्तमः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चचार: practised/performed
• चचार: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (√चर् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘तपश्चरति’ = तपस्यति

• विपुलम्: abundant/great
• विपुलम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तपः-विशेषण)

• श्रीवृते: in Śrīvṛta (place)
• श्रीवृते: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीवृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; स्थाननाम

• क्षेत्रे: in the region/field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• उत्तमे: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमे: Adhikarana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (क्षेत्रे-विशेषण)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīvṛta-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhṛgu depicted as radiant sage, emerging from Brahmā’s mind (symbolic aura/lotus) in a vignette, then seated in deep penance within Śrīvṛta-kṣetra—an idyllic sacred field with a river nearby and a simple hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Brahmā
• Śrīvṛta (kṣetra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of a kṣetra is reinforced through the tapas of eminent ṛṣis whose lineage and spiritual power authenticate the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrīvṛta kṣetra (an ‘uttama kṣetra’) connected to Bhṛgu’s austerities, within the Bhṛgu-tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is described, not prescribed; it is part of the origin narrative.