Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

बिंदुमाधव इत्याख्या मम त्रैलोक्यविश्रुता । काश्यां भविष्यति मुने महापापौघ घातिनी

Transliteration

biṃdumādhava ityākhyā mama trailokyaviśrutā | kāśyāṃ bhaviṣyati mune mahāpāpaugha ghātinī

Translation

ഹേ മുനേ, കാശിയിൽ എന്റെ ‘ബിന്ദു-മാധവ’ എന്ന നാമം പ്രസിദ്ധമാകും; അത് ത്രിലോകത്തിലും വിഖ്യാതമായി, മഹാപാപങ്ങളുടെ മഹാപ്രവാഹം നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നതായിരിക്കും.

Word by Word

• बिन्दुमाधव: Bindu-Mādhava (name/title)
• बिन्दुमाधव: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) + माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (बिन्दु-सम्बद्धः माधवः)

• इति: thus (called)
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक निपात (quotative particle)

• आख्या: the appellation/name
• आख्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्यविश्रुता: renowned in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यविश्रुता: Visheshana (Adjective of आख्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक) + टाप् (स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (त्रैलोक्ये विश्रुता = renowned in the three worlds)

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महापापौघघातिनी: destroyer of masses of great sins
• महापापौघघातिनी: Visheshana (Adjective of आख्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापापौघ (प्रातिपदिक) + घातिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (महापापानाम् ओघस्य घातिनी = destroyer of a flood of great sins)

Speaker

Śrī Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bindu-Mādhava

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agnibindu (ṛṣi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu declares that in Kāśī His name ‘Bindu-Mādhava’ will be celebrated in the three worlds and will destroy torrents of great sins; the shrine and sacred waters are implied as the stage of future pilgrim redemption.

Characters & Entities

• Bindu-Mādhava
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Śrī Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s presence in a tīrtha is portrayed as a direct means of purification, capable of dissolving even accumulated grave wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bindu-Mādhava in Kāśī, associated with the Pañcanada region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the verse emphasizes nāma-mahātmya and pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).