Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
स्वर्गद्वारे विशेयुर्ये विगाह्य मणिकर्णिकाम् । तेषां विधूतपापानां कापि स्वर्गो न दूरतः
svargadvāre viśeyurye vigāhya maṇikarṇikām | teṣāṃ vidhūtapāpānāṃ kāpi svargo na dūrataḥ
जे मणिकर्णिकेत स्नान करून स्वर्गद्वारी प्रवेश करतात, पापधुत अशा जनांसाठी कोणताही स्वर्गलोक दूर नसतो।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims descending the steps into the sacred water at Maṇikarṇikā; a luminous archway symbolizing ‘svarga-dvāra’ appears above the river-mist; dark stains (sins) dissolve into light around the bathers.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snāna at Maṇikarṇikā is praised as powerfully purifying, leading swiftly to auspicious posthumous states.
Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha in Kāśī.
Vigāha (plunging/bathing)—i.e., snāna in Maṇikarṇikā—as a purifier of sins.