Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
बिंदुतीर्थमिदं नाम तव नाम्ना भविष्यति । अग्निबिंदो मुनिश्रेष्ठ सर्वपातकनाशनम्
biṃdutīrthamidaṃ nāma tava nāmnā bhaviṣyati | agnibiṃdo muniśreṣṭha sarvapātakanāśanam
முனிவருள் சிறந்த அগ্নிபிந்து! இந்தத் தீர்த்தம் உன் நாமத்தாலேயே ‘பிந்து-தீர்த்தம்’ எனப் புகழ்பெறும்; இது எல்லாப் பாவங்களையும் அழிப்பது.
Skanda
Tirtha: Bindu-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A sage named Agni-bindu is honored as the tīrtha is proclaimed; the waters shimmer with a ‘bindu’ (drop) motif, suggesting concentrated sanctity that dissolves sin.
FAQs
Sacred geography is sanctified through realized sages; a tīrtha connected to a holy life becomes a universal purifier.
Bindu-tīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), explicitly named and praised as sin-destroying.
Implicitly, tīrtha-sevā through snāna (ritual bathing) is suggested by calling it a tīrtha and ‘destroyer of sins’.