Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86
ततो विशृंखलीभूतैर्वंदिता यज्जगज्जनिः । तदा प्रभृति बंदीति गीयतेद्यापि मानवैः
tato viśṛṃkhalībhūtairvaṃditā yajjagajjaniḥ | tadā prabhṛti baṃdīti gīyatedyāpi mānavaiḥ
ထို့နောက် သံကြိုးများမှ လွတ်မြောက်သွားသောအခါ သူတို့သည် လောကမိခင်ကို ဝတ်ပြုကန်တော့ကြ၏။ ထိုကာလမှစ၍ ယနေ့တိုင် လူတို့အကြား၌ ‘ဘန္ဒီ’ ဟူ၍ သီဆိုခေါ်ဝေါ်ကြသည်—ချည်နှောင်မှုမှ လွတ်မြောက်စေသူဟူသော အဓိပ္ပါယ်ဖြင့်။
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Bandī
Type: kshetra
Scene: The devas stand unshackled, broken chains at their feet, offering flowers and lamps to Jagadambikā; the scene shifts from darkness to radiant light, and a banner-like inscription ‘Bandī’ is suggested as the name sung by people.
FAQs
The Goddess is celebrated as the one who removes bondage; remembrance and praise preserve sacred meaning across generations.
Bandī—explained as a living name-tradition tied to the tīrtha associated with liberation from fetters.
No formal ritual is stated; worship/praise (vandana/stuti) of the World-Mother is emphasized.