[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 4.60.96.2 # Skandapurana 4.60.96.2 Skandapurāṇa 4.60.96.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.60.96.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.60.96.2) idameva mahādānamidameva mahattapaḥ .. idameva vrataṃ śreṣṭhaṃ yatkāśyāṃ mriyate tanuḥ .. 59 .. sa eva vidvāñjagati sa eva vijiteṃdriyaḥ .. sa eva puṇyavāndhanyo labdhvā kāśīṃ na yastyajet .. 4.2.60.60 .. tāvatsthāsyāmyahaṃ cātra yāvatkāśī mune tviha .. pralayepi na nāśosyāḥ śivaśūlāgra susthiteḥ .. 61 .. ityākarṇya giraṃ viṣṇoragnibiṃdurmahāmuniḥ .. prahṛṣṭaromā provāca punaranyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇe .. 62 .. māpate mama nāmnātra tīrthe paṃcanade śubhe .. abhaktebhyopi bhaktebhyaḥ sthito muktiṃ sadādiśa .. 63 .. yetra paṃcanade snātvā gatvā deśāṃtareṣvapi .. narā paṃcatvamāpannā muktiṃ tebhyopi vai diśa .. 64 .. yetu paṃcanade snātvā tvāṃ bhajiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ .. calācalāpi dvairūpā mā tyākṣīcchrīśca tānnarān .. 65 .. .. śrīviṣṇuruvāca .. .. evamastvagnibiṃdotra bhavatā yadvṛtaṃmune.. tvannāmno'rdhena me nāma mayā saha bhaviṣyati ..66.. biṃdumādhava ityākhyā mama trailokyaviśrutā .. kāśyāṃ bhaviṣyati mune mahāpāpaugha ghātinī .. 67 .. ye māmatra narāḥ puṇyāḥ puṇye paṃcanade hrade .. sadā saparyayiṣyaṃti teṣāṃ saṃsārabhīḥ kutaḥ .. 68 .. vasusvarūpiṇī lakṣmīrlakṣmīrnirvāṇasaṃjñikā .. tatpārśvagā sadā yeṣāṃ hṛdi paṃcanade hyaham .. 69 .. yairna paṃcanadaṃ prāpya vasubhiḥ prīṇitā dvijāḥ .. āśulabhyavipattīnāṃ teṣāṃ tadvasuroditi .. 4.2.60.70 .. ta eva dhanyā lokesminkṛtakṛtyāsta eva hi .. prāpya yairmama sāṃnidhyaṃ vasavo mama sātkṛtāḥ ..71 .. biṃdutīrthamidaṃ nāma tava nāmnā bhaviṣyati .. agnibiṃdo muniśreṣṭha sarvapātakanāśanam .. 72 .. kārtike biṃdutīrthe yo brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ .. > This alone is the great gift, this alone is the great austerity, / this alone is the supreme vow: that one's body dies in Kāśī. > He alone is wise in the world, he alone has conquered his senses, / he alone is meritorious and fortunate, who does not abandon Kāśī once having reached it. > And I too shall remain here as long as Kāśī remains here, O sage; / even at the cosmic dissolution there is no destruction of it, because it rests firmly upon the tip of Śiva's trident. > Having heard this speech of Viṣṇu, the great sage Agnibindu, / with hair standing on end in joy, said: "I choose another boon again: > O Lord of Lakṣmī, residing here in this auspicious sacred ford Pañcanada under my name, / grant liberation perpetually even to non-devotees as well as to devotees. > Those men who, having bathed here in Pañcanada and gone even to other regions, / have met their death—to them also, indeed, grant liberation. > And those men who, having bathed in Pañcanada, shall worship you— / may Fortune, both moving and unmoving in her two forms, never abandon those men." > The blessed Viṣṇu said: / "So be it, O Agnibindu, here as chosen by you, O sage. / With half of your name, my name shall be combined with me. > My name 'Bindumādhava', celebrated in the three worlds, / shall exist in Kāśī, O sage, destroying streams of great sins. > Those meritorious men who will always worship me here in the holy pool of Pañcanada, / whence is there any fear of mundane existence for them? > Fortune in the form of wealth, and Fortune named Liberation, / always go beside those in whose heart and in Pañcanada I \[dwell\]. > Those who, having reached Pañcanada, have not gladdened the brahmins with wealth, / their wealth weeps, \[fearing\] calamities soon to befall them. > They alone are fortunate in this world, they alone have accomplished their purpose, / who, having attained my presence, have made their riches mine. > This sacred ford shall have the name 'Bindutīrtha' after your name, / destroying all sins, O Agnibindu, best of sages! > Whoever, devoted to celibacy in the month of Kārtika at Bindutīrtha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.60.96.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.60.96.1) - [Next: 4.60.96.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.60.96.3) - [Up: 4.60.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.60.96) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.60.96.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.60.96.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.60.96.2) · Pramāṇa