Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 150
बिंदुमाधवभक्तो यस्तं यमोपि नमस्यति । प्रणवात्मा य एकोऽस्ति नादबिंदु स्वरूपधृक्
biṃdumādhavabhakto yastaṃ yamopi namasyati | praṇavātmā ya eko'sti nādabiṃdu svarūpadhṛk
ಬಿಂದು-ಮಾಧವನ ಭಕ್ತನಾದವನಿಗೆ ಯಮನೂ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಏಕ ಪರತತ್ತ್ವ—ಪ್ರಣವ (ಓಂ) ಸ್ವರೂಪ—ನಾದ ಮತ್ತು ಬಿಂದು ರೂಪವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ ವಿರಾಜಮಾನವಾಗಿದೆ.
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Tirtha: Bindu-Mādhava
Type: temple
Scene: At Bindu-Mādhava, a devotee stands in añjali; behind, Yama with daṇḍa bows respectfully. Above, a luminous Oṃ symbol radiates as concentric sound-waves (nāda) and a central point (bindu).
FAQs
Single-pointed devotion to Bindu-Mādhava grants fearlessness before death and aligns the devotee with the supreme Praṇava reality.
Bindu-Mādhava in Kāśī, celebrated as a liberating focus of Viṣṇu-bhakti.
Implicitly, devotion and remembrance of Bindu-Mādhava; no specific dāna/snān/japa rule is directly stated in this verse.