उद्दिष्टानां तु तीर्थानामेतेषां कलशोद्भव । नाममात्रमपि श्रुत्वा निष्पापो जायते नरः । इदानीं प्रस्तुतं विप्र शृणु वक्ष्यामि तेग्रतः । वैकुंठनाथो यच्चक्रे शंखचक्रगदाधरः
uddiṣṭānāṃ tu tīrthānāmeteṣāṃ kalaśodbhava | nāmamātramapi śrutvā niṣpāpo jāyate naraḥ | idānīṃ prastutaṃ vipra śṛṇu vakṣyāmi tegrataḥ | vaikuṃṭhanātho yaccakre śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ
ହେ କଳଶୋଦ୍ଭବ (ଅଗସ୍ତ୍ୟ), ଏହି ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦିଷ୍ଟ ତୀର୍ଥମାନଙ୍କର ନାମମାତ୍ର ଶୁଣିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ନିଷ୍ପାପ ହୁଏ। ଏବେ, ହେ ବିପ୍ର, ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ ବିଷୟ ଶୁଣ; ଶଙ୍ଖ-ଚକ୍ର-ଗଦାଧାରୀ ବୈକୁଣ୍ଠନାଥ ଯାହା କରିଥିଲେ, ମୁଁ ତୁମ ସମ୍ମୁଖରେ କହିବି।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī tīrthas (collective)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (addressed as Kalaśodbhava)
Scene: Skanda addresses Agastya, declaring the purifying power of merely hearing tīrtha names; then introduces Vaikuṇṭhanātha, four-armed with conch, discus, and mace, poised for a deed in Kāśī.
Bhakti begins with śravaṇa: even hearing the names of Kāśī’s tīrthas is praised as a purifier, preparing one for deeper dharma and devotion.
The verse praises the previously listed Kāśī tīrthas collectively, emphasizing the sanctity of their very names.
Śravaṇa (devout listening/hearing) of tīrtha-nāmas is presented as spiritually efficacious; no physical rite is mandated in this verse.