Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
श्रीविष्णुरुवाच । एवमस्त्वग्निबिंदोत्र भवता यद्वृतंमुने । त्वन्नाम्नोऽर्धेन मे नाम मया सह भविष्यति
śrīviṣṇuruvāca | evamastvagnibiṃdotra bhavatā yadvṛtaṃmune | tvannāmno'rdhena me nāma mayā saha bhaviṣyati
श्रीविष्णु म्हणाले—हे अग्निबिंदु, तथास्तु। हे मुने, तू येथे जसे वरण केलेस, तसेच तुझ्या नावाच्या अर्धांशाने माझे नावही माझ्याबरोबर संयुक्त होईल।
Śrī Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Bindu-Mādhava (Pañcanada vicinity)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agnibindu (ṛṣi)
Scene: Śrī Viṣṇu, radiant and four-armed, grants a boon to sage Agnibindu, declaring that His own name will be joined with half of the sage’s name, foreshadowing the epithet ‘Bindu-Mādhava’ in Kāśī.
FAQs
Divine grace consecrates sacred places through name and presence, turning personal devotion into a public spiritual refuge for generations.
The forthcoming Bindu-Mādhava identity connected with Pañcanada in Kāśī.
None explicitly; the verse establishes the divine naming (saṃjñā) of the site.