Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तत्पार्श्वे बिंदुतीर्थं च परमज्ञानकारणम् । तत्र श्राद्धादिकं कृत्वा लभेत्सुकृतमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tatpārśve biṃdutīrthaṃ ca paramajñānakāraṇam | tatra śrāddhādikaṃ kṛtvā labhetsukṛtamuttamam

Translation

اس کے پہلو میں ‘بِندو تیرتھ’ ہے جو اعلیٰ ترین معرفت کا سبب ہے۔ وہاں شرادھ وغیرہ کے کرم ادا کر کے انسان بہترین نیکیوں کا ذخیرہ حاصل کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• tatpārśve: at its side
• tatpārśve: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: तस्य पार्श्वे = at its side

• biṃdutīrtham: Bindu-tīrtha
• biṃdutīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: biṃdu (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: बिन्दोः तीर्थम् = Bindu-tīrtha (name)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): and

• paramajñānakāraṇam: cause of supreme knowledge
• paramajñānakāraṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: परमस्य ज्ञानस्य कारणम् = cause of supreme knowledge; विशेषण of biṃdutīrtham

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): there

• śrāddhādikam: śrāddha and related rites
• śrāddhādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: श्राद्धम् आदिः यस्य = śrāddha and the like (rites)

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): having done

• labhet: would obtain
• labhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातu)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• sukṛtam: merit
• sukṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग) + kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: सु-कृतम् = well-done deed/merit

• uttamam: excellent/supreme
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of sukṛtam

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bindu-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small, concentrated water-spot (bindu) with a simple platform; a householder performs śrāddha with piṇḍa offerings and tarpaṇa, while a quiet aura of insight surrounds the scene; nearby, a shrine indicates the sacred neighborhood.

Characters & Entities

• Bindu Tīrtha
• Śrāddha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rites performed in a sanctified geography like Kāśī uplift both knowledge and merit, especially when done as dharmic offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bindu-tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha and associated ancestral/dharmic rites at the tīrtha.