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
O Held, jene, die von Maṇikarṇikā gehört, ihrer gedacht oder sie geschaut haben—nur sie sind wahrhaft gesegnet in dieser Welt; nur sie haben den Lebenszweck erfüllt.
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.