Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
त्रयाणामपि लोकानां हिताय महते नृपः । समानैषीत्ततो गंगां यत्रासीन्मणिकर्णिका
trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ hitāya mahate nṛpaḥ | samānaiṣīttato gaṃgāṃ yatrāsīnmaṇikarṇikā
Demi kebajikan besar bagi tiga loka, raja itu kemudian membawa Gaṅgā ke tempat Maṇikarṇikā berada.
Skanda (context continuation)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Agastya
Scene: The Gaṅgā is guided to Maṇikarṇikā—Kāśī’s cremation-ghāṭa and liberation center—depicted as a sacred riverside with intense spiritual gravity and cosmic purpose.
FAQs
A sacred place is presented as cosmically beneficial—serving not only humans but the welfare of all worlds.
Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), one of the most celebrated tīrthas on the Gaṅgā.
No direct prescription; it establishes the tīrtha’s sanctified status through sacred history.