Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88
यैः श्रुता यैः स्मृता वीर यैर्दृष्टा मणिकर्णिका । त एव कृतिनो लोके कृतकृत्यास्त एव हि
yaiḥ śrutā yaiḥ smṛtā vīra yairdṛṣṭā maṇikarṇikā | ta eva kṛtino loke kṛtakṛtyāsta eva hi
يا أيها البطل، من سمع بمانيكارنيكا أو تذكّرها أو رآها—فأولئك وحدهم هم المباركون حقًّا في هذا العالم؛ وهم وحدهم قد أتمّوا غاية الحياة.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Addressed as ‘vīra’
Scene: Three devotees: one listening to a recitation about Maṇikarṇikā, one meditating and remembering, one standing at the ghāṭa seeing it—each surrounded by a subtle halo labeled ‘kṛtī’ and ‘kṛtakṛtya’.
FAQs
Contact with a liberating tīrtha—through hearing, remembrance, or direct sight—is itself counted as a meaningful spiritual accomplishment.
Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.
Śravaṇa (hearing), smaraṇa (remembering), and darśana (seeing) of Maṇikarṇikā are praised as spiritually efficacious acts.