Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
एवं श्रिया वृतं क्षेत्रं परमानन्दनन्दितम् । निर्मितं भृगुणा तात सर्वपातकनाशनम् । इति भृगुकच्छोत्पत्तिः
evaṃ śriyā vṛtaṃ kṣetraṃ paramānandananditam | nirmitaṃ bhṛguṇā tāta sarvapātakanāśanam | iti bhṛgukacchotpattiḥ
یوں وہ کْشَیتر شری (برکت و سعادت) سے گھرا ہوا اور پرمانند سے مسرور کرنے والا—اے عزیز—بھِرگو نے قائم کیا، جو ہر طرح کے پاپوں کا ناش کرنے والا ہے۔ یوں بھِرگوکچھ کی پیدائش کا بیان ختم ہوا۔
Narrator
Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha
Type: kshetra
Listener: tāta (dear one) addressed; broader listener not specified in the excerpt
Scene: A radiant sacred town by the river, suffused with Śrī: pilgrims bathe, lamps glow, temples shine; Bhṛgu stands as founder-sage, the kṣetra depicted as a mandala of prosperity and bliss, concluding the origin tale.
FAQs
Association with a divinely established tīrtha-kṣetra is celebrated as a direct means of purification and joy rooted in dharma.
Bhṛgukaccha, praised as a Śrī-adorned kṣetra that destroys all sins.
No explicit rite; the verse asserts the kṣetra’s intrinsic power to remove pāpa (sin).