Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तत्पार्श्वे बिंदुतीर्थं च परमज्ञानकारणम् । तत्र श्राद्धादिकं कृत्वा लभेत्सुकृतमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tatpārśve biṃdutīrthaṃ ca paramajñānakāraṇam | tatra śrāddhādikaṃ kṛtvā labhetsukṛtamuttamam

Translation

ତାହାର ପାର୍ଶ୍ୱରେ ‘ବିନ୍ଦୁ-ତୀର୍ଥ’ ଅଛି, ଯାହା ପରମ ଜ୍ଞାନର କାରଣ। ସେଠାରେ ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧ ଆଦି କର୍ମ କଲେ ସର୍ବୋତ୍ତମ ସୁକୃତ (ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ପୁଣ୍ୟ) ଲଭ୍ୟ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• tatpārśve: at its side
• tatpārśve: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: तस्य पार्श्वे = at its side

• biṃdutīrtham: Bindu-tīrtha
• biṃdutīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: biṃdu (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: बिन्दोः तीर्थम् = Bindu-tīrtha (name)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): and

• paramajñānakāraṇam: cause of supreme knowledge
• paramajñānakāraṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: परमस्य ज्ञानस्य कारणम् = cause of supreme knowledge; विशेषण of biṃdutīrtham

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): there

• śrāddhādikam: śrāddha and related rites
• śrāddhādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: श्राद्धम् आदिः यस्य = śrāddha and the like (rites)

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): having done

• labhet: would obtain
• labhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातu)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• sukṛtam: merit
• sukṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग) + kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: सु-कृतम् = well-done deed/merit

• uttamam: excellent/supreme
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of sukṛtam

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bindu-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small, concentrated water-spot (bindu) with a simple platform; a householder performs śrāddha with piṇḍa offerings and tarpaṇa, while a quiet aura of insight surrounds the scene; nearby, a shrine indicates the sacred neighborhood.

Characters & Entities

• Bindu Tīrtha
• Śrāddha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rites performed in a sanctified geography like Kāśī uplift both knowledge and merit, especially when done as dharmic offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bindu-tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha and associated ancestral/dharmic rites at the tīrtha.