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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

बिंदुतीर्थे नरो दत्त्वा कांचनं कृष्णलोन्मितम् । न दरिद्रो भवेत्क्वापि न स्वर्णेन वियुज्यते

Transliteration

biṃdutīrthe naro dattvā kāṃcanaṃ kṛṣṇalonmitam | na daridro bhavetkvāpi na svarṇena viyujyate

Translation

在宾度圣渡（Bindu-tīrtha），若有人布施一克里什纳拉（kṛṣṇala）之量的黄金，便无论何处都不致贫乏，亦不与财富（金）分离。

Word by Word
बिन्दुतीर्थेat Bindutīrtha
बिन्दुतीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootबिन्दु-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; नाम (Bindutīrtha)
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
दत्त्वाhaving given
दत्त्वा:
Kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक; ‘having given’
काञ्चनम्gold
काञ्चनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकाञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
कृष्णलोन्मितम्measured by a kṛṣṇala (a small weight)
कृष्णलोन्मितम्:
Karma (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण-लोन्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णेन लोन्मितम् = ‘measured by a kṛṣṇala’)
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध
दरिद्रःpoor
दरिद्रः:
Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootदरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
भवेत्would become
भवेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्/लिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
क्वापिanywhere
क्वापि:
Adverbial (देशवाचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व + अपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अनिश्चित (anywhere)
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध
स्वर्णेनfrom/with gold
स्वर्णेन:
Karana/Sahakari (Instrument/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन
वियुज्यतेis separated (deprived)
वियुज्यते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√युज् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is separated)
Speaker

Skanda (narrative continuation; speaker not marked in this verse snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bindu-tīrtha

Type: tirtha/ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (traditional frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a riverbank shrine-marker of Bindu-tīrtha, a devotee offers a tiny gold piece measured as a kṛṣṇala to a worthy recipient; Lakṣmī symbolism appears subtly as overflowing grain and steady lamp-flame.

Characters & Entities
K
Kāśī
B
Bindu-tīrtha

FAQs

Dāna performed at a powerful tīrtha in Kāśī yields enduring support—material stability becomes aligned with dharmic generosity.

Bindu-tīrtha in Kāśī.

Dāna (charity): offering gold measured as a kṛṣṇala at Bindu-tīrtha for prosperity and freedom from poverty.

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