Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
मधुस्रवेति प्रथममेषा पुष्करिणी स्मृता । कृतकृत्या ततो ज्ञेया ततोऽसौ क्षीरनीरधिः
madhusraveti prathamameṣā puṣkariṇī smṛtā | kṛtakṛtyā tato jñeyā tato'sau kṣīranīradhiḥ
ಈ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಪುಷ್ಕರಿಣಿ ಮೊದಲು ‘ಮಧುಸ್ರವಾ’ (ಮಧು ಹರಿಯುವದು) ಎಂದು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ. ನಂತರ ‘ಕೃತಕೃತ್ಯಾ’ (ಎಲ್ಲ ಉದ್ದೇಶಗಳನ್ನು ಸಿದ್ಧಿಗೊಳಿಸುವವಳು) ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಯಬೇಕು. ಆಮೇಲೆ ಇದು ‘ಕ್ಷೀರನೀರಧಿ’—ಹಾಲಿನಂತೆ ಜಲವಿರುವ ಸಮುದ್ರಸಮಾನ ಸರೋವರ—ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: (Unnamed here) pushkariṇī/kuṇḍa with epithets Madhusravā, Kṛtakṛtyā, Kṣīra-nīrādhi
Type: kund
Scene: A lotus-filled tank in Kāśī shimmering like milk; devotees cup water in their palms; the narrator points as if naming each epithet; honey-like golden light falls on the water surface.
FAQs
A single holy place can bear many sacred epithets, each revealing a distinct spiritual power—sweetness, fulfilment, and purifying abundance.
A puṣkariṇī (sacred tank) in Kāśī, praised through its multiple traditional names.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse primarily records the tīrtha’s revered names for remembrance and recitation.