Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
के माणिकर्णिकेयानां गुणानां सुगरीयसाम् । शक्ता वर्णयितुं विप्राऽसंख्येयानां मदादिभिः
ke māṇikarṇikeyānāṃ guṇānāṃ sugarīyasām | śaktā varṇayituṃ viprā'saṃkhyeyānāṃ madādibhiḥ
يا أيها البراهمة، من ذا الذي يقدر أن يصف فضائل مانيكارنيكا، الجليلة الثقيلة القدر التي لا تُحصى، المعروفة بعظمتها المشهورة وما شابهها؟
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)
Scene: A sage-narrator addressing brāhmaṇas on the ghāṭa, hands raised in wonder, while the river and the sacred space glow—suggesting that Maṇikarṇikā’s greatness surpasses depiction; the scene emphasizes reverent silence after praise.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s merit is portrayed as immeasurable, inviting reverence rather than mere enumeration.
Māṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the innumerable guṇas (merits) of the tīrtha.