शंखमाधवतीर्थं च तद्याम्यां दिशि चोत्तमम् । तत्तीर्थसेवनान्नृणां कुतः पापभयं महत्
śaṃkhamādhavatīrthaṃ ca tadyāmyāṃ diśi cottamam | tattīrthasevanānnṛṇāṃ kutaḥ pāpabhayaṃ mahat
Et vers le sud se trouve l’excellent tīrtha de Śaṅkha-Mādhava. Pour ceux qui s’y rendent et le servent, comment pourrait-il subsister une grande crainte du péché ?
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Śaṅkha-Mādhava-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A southern Kāśī ghāṭa with a Śaṅkha-Mādhava shrine; priests blow a conch; devotees sweep steps and offer lamps; the atmosphere is bright and confident, as if sin-fear is dispelled by communal devotion.
Regular tīrtha-sevā (reverent visitation and practice) builds moral fearlessness by cleansing sin and strengthening devotion.
Śaṅkha-Mādhava-tīrtha, described as being in the southern direction within Kāśī.
Tīrtha-sevā—reverent resorting to/serving the tīrtha (which may include bathing, worship, and disciplined conduct).