Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
गोपीगोविंदतीर्थे तु गोपीगोविंदसंज्ञकम् । समर्च्य मां नरो भक्त्या मम मायां न संस्पृशेत्
gopīgoviṃdatīrthe tu gopīgoviṃdasaṃjñakam | samarcya māṃ naro bhaktyā mama māyāṃ na saṃspṛśet
गोपी-गोविंद तीर्थात मी ‘गोपी-गोविंद’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध आहे. जो मनुष्य तेथे भक्तिभावाने माझी पूजा करतो, तो माझ्या मायेला स्पर्शही करत नाही.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśī Khaṇḍa dialogues)
Tirtha: Gopī-Govinda Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Dialogue’s sage/interlocutor; also addressed to general ‘naraḥ’ (person)
Scene: A Kāśī ghāṭa transformed by Vraja mood: Govinda with flute stands in a small shrine; gopī imagery appears as symbolic attendants or mural panels; devotees sing kīrtana, and a veil-like darkness (māyā) lifts from the scene.
FAQs
Bhakti at a sanctified place is portrayed as a liberating force that loosens the grip of māyā.
Gopī-Govinda Tīrtha in Kāśī.
Devotional worship (samarcana) of Gopī-Govinda at the tīrtha.