Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
कृता नानाविधा धर्मा इष्टापूर्तास्तु तैर्नृभिः । वार्धकं समनुप्राप्य प्रापि यैर्मणिकर्णिका
kṛtā nānāvidhā dharmā iṣṭāpūrtāstu tairnṛbhiḥ | vārdhakaṃ samanuprāpya prāpi yairmaṇikarṇikā
जिन मनुष्यों ने नाना प्रकार के धर्म—विशेषतः इष्ट और पूर्त—का आचरण किया है, वे वृद्धावस्था को प्राप्त होकर मणिकर्णिका को प्राप्त करते हैं।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Devotee/sage audience
Scene: Householders building wells/ghats, feeding pilgrims, performing simple rites; later, as elders, they arrive at Maṇikarṇikā supported by staff, offering prayers to Gaṅgā and Śiva, embodying dharma’s completion.
FAQs
A lifetime of dharma—ritual duty and public benefaction—matures into the blessing of reaching Kāśī’s liberating tīrtha.
Māṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.
Practice of iṣṭa (ritual/sacrificial duties) and pūrta (charitable public works) as dharmic disciplines.