Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63
मापते मम नाम्नात्र तीर्थे पंचनदे शुभे । अभक्तेभ्योपि भक्तेभ्यः स्थितो मुक्तिं सदादिश
māpate mama nāmnātra tīrthe paṃcanade śubhe | abhaktebhyopi bhaktebhyaḥ sthito muktiṃ sadādiśa
“O Lord, in this auspicious Pañcanada tīrtha, let the sacred place bear my name. And abiding here, please ever bestow liberation—upon devotees, and even upon those lacking devotion.”
Agnibindu
Tirtha: Pañcanada (to be eponymously linked with Agnibindu)
Type: sangam/ghat (conceptual ‘five-stream’ tīrtha; exact micro-topography varies)
Listener: Immediate in-story listener: Viṣṇu; broader: Purāṇa audience
Scene: Agnibindu petitions the Lord: ‘Let this auspicious Pañcanada bear my name; from here grant mokṣa to devotees and even to the non-devout.’ The deity’s compassionate gaze sanctifies the waters.
FAQs
Kāśī’s tīrthas are portrayed as radically compassionate—capable of lifting even the spiritually unprepared toward liberation through divine presence.
Pañcanada Tīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
Implicitly, residence/approach to the tīrtha and seeking Viṣṇu’s grace there; the verse sets up the site’s salvific function rather than a detailed rite.