Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । धौतपापं ततो गच्छेद्भृगुतीर्थसमीपतः । वृषेण तु भृगुस्तत्र भूयोभूयो धुतस्ततः

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | dhautapāpaṃ tato gacchedbhṛgutīrthasamīpataḥ | vṛṣeṇa tu bhṛgustatra bhūyobhūyo dhutastataḥ

Translation

شری مارکنڈےیہ نے کہا: پھر وہاں سے دھوت پاپ نامی تیرتھ کی طرف جانا چاہیے جو بھِرگو تیرتھ کے قریب ہے۔ وہاں ایک بَیل کے ذریعے بھِرگو رِشی کو بار بار دھویا گیا (پاک کیا گیا)۔

Word by Word

• śrīmārkaṇḍeyaḥ: the venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
• śrīmārkaṇḍeyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (śrīmān mārkaṇḍeyaḥ)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• dhautapāpam: Dhautapāpa (the place/name)
• dhautapāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhauta (प्रातिपदिक; √dhāv/√dhu + क्त) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘washed/cleansed’ + ‘sin’ → ‘sin-cleansed (place/name)’)

• tataḥ: from there, then
• tataḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (ablatival adverb)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• bhṛgutīrthasamīpataḥ: from near Bhṛgu-tīrtha
• bhṛgutīrthasamīpataḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; समासः (bhṛgu-tīrtha = तत्पुरुष; ततः samīpa; समस्तपदात् -तः)

• vṛṣeṇa: by a bull
• vṛṣeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tu: indeed, however
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle)

• bhṛguḥ: Bhṛgu (sage)
• bhṛguḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb)

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb)

• dhutaḥ: shaken/cleansed
• dhutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhuta (प्रातिपदिक; √dhū/√dhu + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• tataḥ: thereupon, from that (place)
• tataḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhauta-pāpa

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Bhṛgu at a riverbank/kuṇḍa is repeatedly washed by a powerful white bull; pilgrims approach along a path, indicating ‘from there go to Dhauta-pāpa near Bhṛgu-tīrtha’.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Bhṛgu
• Dhauta-pāpa Tīrtha
• Bhṛgu-tīrtha
• Revā (Narmadā) region

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (yātrā) to specific tīrthas is presented as a dharmic means for purification, grounded in sacred narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dhauta-pāpa tīrtha, situated near Bhṛgu-tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A directional prescription of yātrā—‘one should go’ to Dhauta-pāpa; bathing is implied by the tīrtha context and the motif of washing/purification.