शंखमाधवतीर्थं च तद्याम्यां दिशि चोत्तमम् । तत्तीर्थसेवनान्नृणां कुतः पापभयं महत्
śaṃkhamādhavatīrthaṃ ca tadyāmyāṃ diśi cottamam | tattīrthasevanānnṛṇāṃ kutaḥ pāpabhayaṃ mahat
اور جنوب کی سمت بہترین شنکھ-مادھو تیرتھ ہے۔ جو لوگ اس تیرتھ کی پناہ لے کر اس کی سیوا کرتے ہیں، انہیں گناہ کا بڑا خوف کیسے ہو سکتا ہے؟
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Śaṅkha-Mādhava-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A southern Kāśī ghāṭa with a Śaṅkha-Mādhava shrine; priests blow a conch; devotees sweep steps and offer lamps; the atmosphere is bright and confident, as if sin-fear is dispelled by communal devotion.
Regular tīrtha-sevā (reverent visitation and practice) builds moral fearlessness by cleansing sin and strengthening devotion.
Śaṅkha-Mādhava-tīrtha, described as being in the southern direction within Kāśī.
Tīrtha-sevā—reverent resorting to/serving the tīrtha (which may include bathing, worship, and disciplined conduct).