Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71
गोविंद परमानंदं मुकुंदं मधुसूदनम । त्यक्त्वान्यं नैव जानामि न भजामि स्मरामि न
goviṃda paramānaṃdaṃ mukuṃdaṃ madhusūdanama | tyaktvānyaṃ naiva jānāmi na bhajāmi smarāmi na
गोविन्द—परमानन्द; मुकुन्द; मधुसूदन—सब कुछ छोड़कर मैं और किसी को नहीं जानता, न किसी और की भक्ति करता, न किसी और का स्मरण करता।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience framed through the sages’ listening
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī stands on a ghat with hands raised, chanting the three names; behind, a radiant dark-hued Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa form appears in the sky, bestowing bliss; other worldly attractions fade into mist.
FAQs
Single-minded devotion (ananya-bhakti) to Viṣṇu is upheld as the heart of spiritual life and liberation.
The verse is devotional rather than topographical; it appears within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred discourse.
A vow-like stance of exclusive worship and remembrance of Hari alone.