Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
एकामप्याहुतिं प्राज्ञो दत्त्वोपमणिकर्णिकम् । यावज्जीवाग्निहोत्रस्य लभेदविकलं फलम्
ekāmapyāhutiṃ prājño dattvopamaṇikarṇikam | yāvajjīvāgnihotrasya labhedavikalaṃ phalam
À l’incomparable Maṇikarṇikā, le sage qui offre ne fût-ce qu’une seule oblation obtient le fruit intact et sans déclin de l’Agnihotra accompli toute une vie.
Śrī Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Muni audience; addressed as ‘prājña’ (wise person) as injunction
Scene: A small sacred fire (homa-kuṇḍa) near the ghāṭa; a wise householder offers one spoon of ghee as āhuti; flames rise; priests chant; Gaṅgā and Kāśī steps frame the rite.
FAQs
The sanctity of Kāśī’s Maṇikarṇikā intensifies ritual acts, granting vast merit for even a small, sincere offering.
Maṇikarṇikā Tīrtha in Kāśī.
Offering a single āhuti (oblation), compared in result to lifelong Agnihotra observance.