Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
अविमुक्तमिति ख्यातमासीदित्थं घटोद्भव । तथा चाख्याम्यथ मुने यथासीन्मणिकर्णिका
avimuktamiti khyātamāsīditthaṃ ghaṭodbhava | tathā cākhyāmyatha mune yathāsīnmaṇikarṇikā
Demikianlah tempat itu termasyhur sebagai “Avimukta,” wahai Ghaṭodbhava (Agastya). Dan kini, wahai resi, akan kujelaskan pula bagaimana Maṇikarṇikā bermula.
Skanda
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)
Scene: Skanda addresses Agastya, pointing toward the Ganga ghat where Maṇikarṇikā will be explained; the scene foreshadows the sacred burning ghat with lamps, pyres at a distance, and a luminous tīrtha-center.
FAQs
The text links Kāśī’s liberating identity (Avimukta) with its famed tīrthas, preparing the listener for Maṇikarṇikā’s sacred origin.
Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī (Varanasi), introduced as the next māhātmya topic.
None in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition to the Maṇikarṇikā māhātmya.