Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
स्त्रीवृद्धबालगोपाल वदनोदीरितानि तु । श्रूयते यत्रकुत्रापि रम्याणि मधुविद्विषः
strīvṛddhabālagopāla vadanodīritāni tu | śrūyate yatrakutrāpi ramyāṇi madhuvidviṣaḥ
นามอันไพเราะของผู้เป็นศัตรูแห่งมธุ (วิษณุ) ถูกเปล่งจากปากสตรี คนชรา เด็ก ๆ และเด็กเลี้ยงวัว—ไม่ว่าที่ใดก็ตาม—ย่อมได้ยินทั่วกัน
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (public spaces and households)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In Kāśī’s alleys and courtyards, women at doorways, elders on verandas, children playing, and cowherd-boys calling to cattle—all spontaneously utter ‘Madhusūdana’ and other Hari-names; the air itself feels sweet with kīrtana.
FAQs
Bhakti through the divine name is universal—beyond age, gender, or social position—and naturally spreads as sweet speech.
The wider setting is Kāśī; the verse emphasizes ubiquity (‘anywhere’) rather than a single localized tirtha.
Implicitly, nāma-saṅkīrtana (joyful utterance of the Lord’s names) as a simple, widely practicable devotion.