इष्ट्वा क्रतूनपि नृपा बहून्पर्याप्तदक्षिणान् । श्रयंते श्रेयसे धन्याः प्रांतेऽधिमणिकर्णिकम्
iṣṭvā kratūnapi nṛpā bahūnparyāptadakṣiṇān | śrayaṃte śreyase dhanyāḥ prāṃte'dhimaṇikarṇikam
សូម្បីតែព្រះមហាក្សត្រ—ក្រោយបានធ្វើក្រតុជាច្រើន និងប្រគេនទក្ខិណា (ទានដល់ព្រះសង្ឃ/ព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍) យ៉ាងគ្រប់គ្រាន់—នៅចុងជីវិត ក៏នៅតែជ្រកកោនមណិកណ្ណិកា ដើម្បីសេចក្តីប្រយោជន៍ខ្ពស់បំផុត។
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Śrī Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages / internal Kāśī interlocutors
Scene: A royal procession—king with umbrella and attendants—arrives humbly at Maṇikarṇikā; sacrificial paraphernalia and gift-chests are left behind as he steps toward the Gaṅgā, hands folded, seeking śreyas.
Worldly power and even great sacrificial merit culminate in seeking the supreme welfare (śreyas) through Maṇikarṇikā.
Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha/ghāṭ in Kāśī, approached especially at life’s end for the highest good.
Performance of many Vedic sacrifices (kratū) along with proper dakṣiṇā (gifts to officiants).