स्वर्गद्वाः स्वर्गभूरेषा मोक्षभूर्मणिकर्णिका । स्वर्गापवर्गावत्रैव नोपरिष्टान्न चाप्यधः
svargadvāḥ svargabhūreṣā mokṣabhūrmaṇikarṇikā | svargāpavargāvatraiva nopariṣṭānna cāpyadhaḥ
مانيكرنيكا هي باب السماء، وهي أرض السماء، وهي أرض الموكشا. فالسماء والانعتاق الأخير هنا بعينه، لا في موضعٍ آخر فوقًا ولا تحتًا.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Scene: Maṇikarṇikā as a cosmic axis: the ghāṭ steps become a mandala; above them a radiant ‘svarga-dvāra’ and within them a luminous ‘mokṣa-bhūmi’ aura, suggesting heaven and liberation co-present in the same sacred ground.
Kāśī’s Maṇikarṇikā is extolled as a concentrated sacred geography where the fruits of heaven and liberation are immediately accessible.
Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha/ghāṭa in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
No single rite is specified; the verse asserts the site’s inherent status as svargadvāra and mokṣabhū, implying pilgrimage, worship, and snāna as appropriate acts.