Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
यदन्वये कोपि मुक्तः संप्राप्य मणिकर्णिकाम् । तद्वंश्यास्तत्प्रभावेण मान्याः स्वर्गौकसामपि
yadanvaye kopi muktaḥ saṃprāpya maṇikarṇikām | tadvaṃśyāstatprabhāveṇa mānyāḥ svargaukasāmapi
જે વંશમાં કોઈ એક પણ મણિકર્ણિકાને પામી મુક્ત થાય, તે જ પ્રભાવથી તેના વંશજો સ્વર્ગવાસીઓમાં પણ માનનીય બને છે।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee arriving at Maṇikarṇikā with folded hands; behind him, a subtle ancestral line (forebears and descendants) shown receiving honor in celestial realms, indicating lineage uplift through one person’s liberation.
FAQs
Liberation attained through a supreme tīrtha radiates benefit beyond the individual, ennobling the entire lineage.
Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.
No explicit ritual; the verse highlights the trans-generational spiritual prestige linked to mokṣa at Maṇikarṇikā.