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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

शिखी मुंडी जटी वापि कौपीनी वा दिगंबरः । मुमुक्षुः को न सेवेत मुक्तिदां मणिकर्णिकाम्

Transliteration

śikhī muṃḍī jaṭī vāpi kaupīnī vā digaṃbaraḥ | mumukṣuḥ ko na seveta muktidāṃ maṇikarṇikām

Translation

Ob mit Haarbüschel, kahlgeschoren, mit verfilzten Jatā, nur im Kaupīna oder unbekleidet—welcher Mokṣa-Sucher würde nicht Maṇikarṇikā aufsuchen, die Befreiung spendet?

Word by Word
शिखीone with a topknot/crest
शिखी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशिखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
मुंडीshaven-headed one
मुंडी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुंडिन्/मुंडी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
जटीmatted-haired ascetic
जटी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजटिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or) — Indeclinable disjunctive particle
अपिeven/also
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (also/even) — Indeclinable particle
कौपीनीone wearing a loincloth
कौपीनी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकौपीनिन्/कौपीनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात — Indeclinable
दिगंबरःsky-clad (naked ascetic)
दिगंबरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदिगंबर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (दिग् एव अम्बरम् यस्य/दिगम्बरः) — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
मुमुक्षुःone desiring liberation
मुमुक्षुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुच् (धातु) + मुमुक्षु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्तः—उणादि/इच्छार्थक (मुमुक्षु=मोक्तुमिच्छन्) — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
कःwho
कः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (interrogative)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात (not) — Negative particle
सेवेतshould serve/resort to
सेवेत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसेव् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Atmanepada
मुक्ति-दाम्liberation-giving
मुक्ति-दाम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + दा (धातु) → द (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (मुक्तिं ददाति इति) — Feminine, Accusative, Singular
मणिकर्णिकाम्Maṇikarṇikā (sacred place)
मणिकर्णिकाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमणिकर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of diverse renunciant types—śikhī, muṇḍī, jaṭī, kaupīna-dhārī, digambara—standing at Maṇikarṇikā ghāṭ with funeral pyres and the Ganga, all gazing toward the mokṣa-giving tīrtha with equal reverence.

Characters & Entities
M
Maṇikarṇikā
M
Mokṣa
A
Ascetic marks (śikhā, muṇḍa, jaṭā, kaupīna, digaṃbara)

FAQs

External marks of renunciation differ, but the true mumukṣu is drawn to the liberating power of Kāśī’s Maṇikarṇikā.

Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha (Maṇikarṇikā-ghāṭa) in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

Not a specific rite—rather the exhortation to ‘sevate’ (resort to/serve) Maṇikarṇikā as a liberating sacred place.

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