Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
स्नात्वा तु मणिकर्णिक्यां प्रीणिता ब्राह्मणा धनैः । त एते सर्वभोगाढ्याः कल्पं स्थास्यंति मत्पुरे
snātvā tu maṇikarṇikyāṃ prīṇitā brāhmaṇā dhanaiḥ | ta ete sarvabhogāḍhyāḥ kalpaṃ sthāsyaṃti matpure
Setelah mandi suci di Maṇikarṇikā dan menggembirakan para brāhmaṇa dengan sedekah harta, mereka menjadi kaya dengan segala kenikmatan dan menetap di kotaku selama satu kalpa penuh.
Skanda
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage-seeking audience within the narrative frame
Scene: At Maṇikarṇikā ghāṭ: pilgrims bathe, then offer coins, cloth, and food to brāhmaṇas seated under a canopy; behind, the dense Kāśī skyline and cremation fires are hinted, while the mood remains devotional and auspicious.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snān in Kāśī joined with respectful charity to brāhmaṇas yields vast auspicious reward and divine proximity.
Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha/ghāṭ in Kāśī is explicitly glorified.
Bathe at Maṇikarṇikā and perform dāna to please brāhmaṇas.