Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88
प्रत्यक्षरूपिणी देवी दृश्यते मणिकर्णिका । चतुर्भुजा विशालाक्षी स्फुरद्भालविलोचना
pratyakṣarūpiṇī devī dṛśyate maṇikarṇikā | caturbhujā viśālākṣī sphuradbhālavilocanā
La déesse Maṇikarṇikā est vue en une forme directe et manifeste : quatre bras, de vastes yeux, et sur le front un œil rayonnant.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Devotee-audience within the dialogue frame
Scene: A direct vision of Maṇikarṇikā Devī: four-armed, large-eyed, with a radiant third eye on the forehead, standing near the sacred waters/steps.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sanctity is such that the divine is approachable and ‘seen’—devotion culminates in darśana.
Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī, portrayed not only as a place but as the living presence of the goddess.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse provides a meditational iconographic description.