Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

बिंदुतीर्थमिदं नाम तव नाम्ना भविष्यति । अग्निबिंदो मुनिश्रेष्ठ सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

biṃdutīrthamidaṃ nāma tava nāmnā bhaviṣyati | agnibiṃdo muniśreṣṭha sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠ അഗ്നിബിന്ദു! ഈ തീർത്ഥം നിന്റെ നാമത്താൽ തന്നെ ‘ബിന്ദുതീർത്ഥം’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമാകും; ഇത് സർവ്വപാതകനാശിനിയാണ്।

Word by Word

• biṃdutīrtham: the ‘Bindu’ sacred ford
• biṃdutīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: biṃdu (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बिन्दोः तीर्थम्)

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (qualifies biṃdutīrtham)

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: ‘by name/indeed’)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• nāmnā: by (your) name
• nāmnā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• bhaviṣyati: will be/become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• agnibiṃdo: O Agnibindu
• agnibiṃdo: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + biṃdu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्; समासः—कर्मधारय (अग्निरिव बिन्दुः/अग्निः बिन्दुः)

• muniśreṣṭha: O best of sages
• muniśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां श्रेष्ठः)

• sarvapātakanāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarvapātakanāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्); विशेषण (biṃdutīrtham)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bindu-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage named Agni-bindu is honored as the tīrtha is proclaimed; the waters shimmer with a ‘bindu’ (drop) motif, suggesting concentrated sanctity that dissolves sin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agnibindu
• Bindu-tīrtha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is sanctified through realized sages; a tīrtha connected to a holy life becomes a universal purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bindu-tīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), explicitly named and praised as sin-destroying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, tīrtha-sevā through snāna (ritual bathing) is suggested by calling it a tīrtha and ‘destroyer of sins’.