Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
आमध्याद्देवसरित आ हरिश्चंद्रमडपात् । आ गंगा केशवादा च स्वर्द्वारान्मणिकर्णिका
āmadhyāddevasarita ā hariścaṃdramaḍapāt | ā gaṃgā keśavādā ca svardvārānmaṇikarṇikā
মণিকৰ্ণিকা দেৱ-সৰিতৰ মধ্যভাগৰ পৰা হৰিশ্চন্দ্ৰ-মণ্ডপলৈ বিস্তৃত; আৰু গঙ্গা-কেশৱৰ পৰা স্বৰ্গদ্বাৰলৈও বিস্তাৰিত।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Scene: A map-like narrative painting of the ghats: Gaṅgā flowing, with labeled landmarks—Hariścandra-maṇḍapa, Gaṅgā-Keśava shrine, Svargadvāra—showing the sacred corridor called Maṇikarṇikā.
FAQs
It anchors devotion in sacred geography, defining Maṇikarṇikā not as a point alone but as an extended sanctified zone.
Maṇikarṇikā and its boundary markers: Gaṅgā (devasarit), Hariścandra-maṇḍapa, Gaṅgā-Keśava, and Svargadvāra in Kāśī.
No explicit ritual; it provides a pilgrimage boundary-description useful for parikramā and tīrtha-identification.