Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ततः पंचनदोत्पत्तिर्बिंदुमाधवसंभवः । ततो वैष्णवतीर्थानां माहात्म्यपरिवर्णनम्

Transliteration

tataḥ paṃcanadotpattirbiṃdumādhavasaṃbhavaḥ | tato vaiṣṇavatīrthānāṃ māhātmyaparivarṇanam

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം പഞ്ചനദത്തിന്റെ ഉദ്ഭവവും ബിന്ദുമാധവന്റെ പ്രാദുര്ഭാവവും വിവരിക്കുന്നു; തുടർന്ന് കാശിയിലെ വൈഷ്ണവ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളുടെ മഹാത്മ്യം വിപുലമായി കീർത്തിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/सम्बन्धबोधक): 'तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्' (thereafter/from that)

• पञ्चनदोत्पत्तिः: the origin of the five rivers
• पञ्चनदोत्पत्तिः: Karta (Subject/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चनद + उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पञ्चनदानाम् उत्पत्तिः)

• बिन्दुमाधवसम्भवः: the manifestation of Bindumādhava
• बिन्दुमाधवसम्भवः: Karta (Subject/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिन्दुमाधव + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (बिन्दुमाधवस्य सम्भवः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण): 'तदनन्तरम्' (then/thereafter)

• वैष्णवतीर्थानाम्: of the Vaiṣṇava sacred places
• वैष्णवतीर्थानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णवतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (तीर्थ-शब्दः सामान्यतः नपुंसकः), षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (वैष्णवानि तीर्थानि)

• माहात्म्यपरिवर्णनम्: the detailed description of the greatness
• माहात्म्यपरिवर्णनम्: Karta (Subject/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य + परिवर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (माहात्म्यस्य परिवर्णनम्)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcanada; Bindumādhava-tīrtha/kshetra (within Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cartographic-sacred tableau of Kāśī: riverfront ghāṭas, confluences/streams evoked as Pañcanada, and a radiant Viṣṇu as Bindumādhava appearing to devotees; pilgrims moving between shrines with lamps and tulasī.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcanada
• Bindumādhava
• Vaiṣṇava tīrthas
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī sanctifies devotees through both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava holy places; remembering and visiting these tīrthas is praised as a direct means to puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bindumādhava and the wider network of Vaiṣṇava tīrthas in Kāśī, along with the region called Pañcanada.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse functions as a topic-marker introducing tīrtha-māhātmya (pilgrimage merit) to be described.