Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
रुक्मिणीह्रदमित्येवं कलौ ख्यातिं गताः पुनः । भृगुणा सेवितं यस्माद्भृगुतीर्थमिति स्मृतम्
rukmiṇīhradamityevaṃ kalau khyātiṃ gatāḥ punaḥ | bhṛguṇā sevitaṃ yasmādbhṛgutīrthamiti smṛtam
یوں کَلی یُگ میں وہ پھر ‘رُکمِنی ہرد’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوئے۔ اور چونکہ بھِرگو نے اس کی سیوا کی تھی، اس لیے اسے ‘بھِرگو تیرتھ’ کہا جاتا ہے۔
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’.