Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

बिंदुतीर्थे नरो दत्त्वा कांचनं कृष्णलोन्मितम् । न दरिद्रो भवेत्क्वापि न स्वर्णेन वियुज्यते

Transliteration

biṃdutīrthe naro dattvā kāṃcanaṃ kṛṣṇalonmitam | na daridro bhavetkvāpi na svarṇena viyujyate

Translation

ಬಿಂದು-ತೀರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣಲ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದ ಚಿನ್ನವನ್ನು ದಾನಮಾಡಿದವನು, ಎಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ದರಿದ್ರನಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ; ಚಿನ್ನದ ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿಯಿಂದ ವಿಯೋಗವಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ।

Word by Word

• बिन्दुतीर्थे: at Bindutīrtha
• बिन्दुतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिन्दु-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; नाम (Bindutīrtha)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक; ‘having given’

• काञ्चनम्: gold
• काञ्चनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• कृष्णलोन्मितम्: measured by a kṛṣṇala (a small weight)
• कृष्णलोन्मितम्: Karma (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-लोन्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णेन लोन्मितम् = ‘measured by a kṛṣṇala’)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• दरिद्रः: poor
• दरिद्रः: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्/लिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• क्वापि: anywhere
• क्वापि: Adverbial (देशवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अनिश्चित (anywhere)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• स्वर्णेन: from/with gold
• स्वर्णेन: Karana/Sahakari (Instrument/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन

• वियुज्यते: is separated (deprived)
• वियुज्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√युज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is separated)

Speaker

Skanda (narrative continuation; speaker not marked in this verse snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bindu-tīrtha

Type: tirtha/ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (traditional frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a riverbank shrine-marker of Bindu-tīrtha, a devotee offers a tiny gold piece measured as a kṛṣṇala to a worthy recipient; Lakṣmī symbolism appears subtly as overflowing grain and steady lamp-flame.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Bindu-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna performed at a powerful tīrtha in Kāśī yields enduring support—material stability becomes aligned with dharmic generosity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bindu-tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charity): offering gold measured as a kṛṣṇala at Bindu-tīrtha for prosperity and freedom from poverty.