शेषवासुकिमुख्याश्च नागा वै नागलोकतः । समायांतीह मध्याह्ने संस्नातुं मणिकर्णिकाम्
śeṣavāsukimukhyāśca nāgā vai nāgalokataḥ | samāyāṃtīha madhyāhne saṃsnātuṃ maṇikarṇikām
நாகலோகத்திலிருந்து சேஷன், வாசுகி முதலிய முதன்மை நாகர்களும், மதியவேளையில் மணிகர்ணிகையில் நீராட இங்கு வருகின்றனர்।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/seekers
Scene: At midday, Śeṣa and Vāsuki emerge from the river’s depths near Maṇikarṇikā, their jeweled hoods fanned, approaching the ghāṭa waters reverently to bathe; sunlight glints on serpent gems and Gaṅgā ripples.
Māṇikarṇikā’s purifying power is universal—revered across realms, not only by humans.
Māṇikarṇikā tīrtha in Kāśī.
Midday snāna (bathing) at Māṇikarṇikā.