Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 150
बिंदुमाधवभक्तो यस्तं यमोपि नमस्यति । प्रणवात्मा य एकोऽस्ति नादबिंदु स्वरूपधृक्
biṃdumādhavabhakto yastaṃ yamopi namasyati | praṇavātmā ya eko'sti nādabiṃdu svarūpadhṛk
جو بندو-مادھو کا بھکت ہے، اسے یم بھی سجدہ کرتا ہے۔ کیونکہ وہ ایک ہی پرم تत्त्व پرنَو (اوم) کی ذات ہے، جو ناد اور بندو کی صورت دھارن کیے ہوئے ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Tirtha: Bindu-Mādhava
Type: temple
Scene: At Bindu-Mādhava, a devotee stands in añjali; behind, Yama with daṇḍa bows respectfully. Above, a luminous Oṃ symbol radiates as concentric sound-waves (nāda) and a central point (bindu).
FAQs
Single-pointed devotion to Bindu-Mādhava grants fearlessness before death and aligns the devotee with the supreme Praṇava reality.
Bindu-Mādhava in Kāśī, celebrated as a liberating focus of Viṣṇu-bhakti.
Implicitly, devotion and remembrance of Bindu-Mādhava; no specific dāna/snān/japa rule is directly stated in this verse.