Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
उपेंद्रतप्तानि तपांसि तैश्चिरं स्नाता हि ते चाखिलतीर्थसार्थकैः । स्नात्वेह ये वै मणिकर्णिका ह्रदे समासते मुक्तिजनाश्रयेक्षणम्
upeṃdrataptāni tapāṃsi taiściraṃ snātā hi te cākhilatīrthasārthakaiḥ | snātveha ye vai maṇikarṇikā hrade samāsate muktijanāśrayekṣaṇam
Durch sie gelten Askesen, denjenigen Upendras gleich, als wären sie lange Zeit geübt worden; ja, als hätten sie sich mit der Wirkkraft aller Tīrthas zugleich gebadet. Wer hier im Becken der Maṇikarṇikā badet und auch nur einen Augenblick am Zufluchtsort der nach Mokṣa Strebenden verweilt, erlangt jene heiligende Kraft.
Śiva
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā-hrada (Maṇikarṇikā-kuṇḍa)
Type: ghat
Listener: Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
Scene: Maṇikarṇikā pool shimmering beside the Ganga; a pilgrim bathes, then sits in still contemplation near a luminous ‘mukti-āśraya’ spot. A faint vision of Viṣṇu as Upendra performing tapas appears as a comparative motif, dissolving into the pool’s radiance.
FAQs
Kāśī’s Maṇikarṇikā is portrayed as a concentrated field of merit where bathing and even brief abiding equals vast tapas and tīrtha-fruit.
Maṇikarṇikā-hrada (the Maṇikarṇikā sacred pool/ford) in Kāśī.
Snāna at Maṇikarṇikā-hrada, followed by sitting/abiding even briefly at the mukti-janāśraya (refuge associated with liberation-seekers/liberated ones).