स्कंद उवाच । पुनर्ददर्श तन्वंगी चित्रपट्यां घटोद्भव । स्वर्गद्वारात्पुरोभागे श्रीमतीं मणिकर्णिकाम्
skaṃda uvāca | punardadarśa tanvaṃgī citrapaṭyāṃ ghaṭodbhava | svargadvārātpurobhāge śrīmatīṃ maṇikarṇikām
स्कन्द उवाच—ततः सा तन्वङ्गी पुनश्चित्रपट्यां घटोद्भवं अगस्त्यं ददर्श; स्वर्गद्वारस्य पुरोभागे च श्रीमतीं मणिकर्णिकां ददर्श।
Skanda (explicit)
Tirtha: Śrī Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrimage tableau in Kāśī: Svargadvāra in the foreground, the luminous Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha beside the Gaṅgā, and the sage Agastya (ghaṭodbhava) encountered at Citrāpaṭī; the city appears as a slender-limbed divine presence moving through sacred lanes.
The narrative turns toward Maṇikarṇikā, signaling a supreme mokṣa-centered tīrtha within Kāśī’s sacred map.
Maṇikarṇikā, situated near Svargadvāra in Kāśī.
None in this verse; it introduces the setting and the tīrtha for subsequent glorification.