किमु निर्वाणपदस्य भद्रपीठं मृदुलं तल्पमथोनुमोक्षलक्ष्म्याः । अथवा मणिकर्णिकास्थली परमानंदसुकंदजन्मभूमिः
kimu nirvāṇapadasya bhadrapīṭhaṃ mṛdulaṃ talpamathonumokṣalakṣmyāḥ | athavā maṇikarṇikāsthalī paramānaṃdasukaṃdajanmabhūmiḥ
Maṇikarṇikā n’est-elle pas le siège propice de l’état de nirvāṇa, son lit doux de repos ? Ou bien est-elle la terre même où naît la fortune de la délivrance (mokṣa), la source du suprême ānanda et de la joie véritable ?
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Muni (unnamed)
Scene: Maṇikarṇikā envisioned as a soft, auspicious seat/bed of nirvāṇa—an allegorical landscape where liberation is personified as Lakṣmī arising amid serene radiance.
Liberation is presented not only as a distant ideal but as a living presence in Kāśī—especially at Maṇikarṇikā, described as the seat and source of mokṣa.
Maṇikarṇikā-sthalī in Kāśī, praised as the ‘seat of nirvāṇa’ and origin of liberation’s grace.
No specific rite is stated; the verse exalts the inherent salvific greatness of the kṣetra.