Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
चराचरेषु सर्वेषु यावंतश्च सचेतनाः । तावंतः स्नांति मध्याह्ने मणिकर्णी जलेमले
carācareṣu sarveṣu yāvaṃtaśca sacetanāḥ | tāvaṃtaḥ snāṃti madhyāhne maṇikarṇī jalemale
सर्व चराचरांमध्ये जितके सचेतन जीव आहेत, ते सर्व मध्याह्नी मणिकर्णीच्या निर्मळ जळात स्नान करतात।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇī / Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/seekers
Scene: A panoramic vision: innumerable beings—humans, devas, sages, animals, birds, subtle luminous forms—converge at midday to bathe in Maṇikarṇikā’s spotless waters; the river shines like liquid crystal under the zenith sun.
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A supreme tīrtha is portrayed as cosmically inclusive—its purity draws all conscious life toward purification.
Māṇikarṇikā (also called Maṇikarṇī) in Kāśī.
Midday bathing (snāna) in the pure waters of Māṇikarṇikā.