Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94
ते स्नाताः सर्वतीर्थेषु महापर्वसुभूरिशः । तथा च सर्वावभृथैर्यैः स्नाता मणिकर्णिका
te snātāḥ sarvatīrtheṣu mahāparvasubhūriśaḥ | tathā ca sarvāvabhṛthairyaiḥ snātā maṇikarṇikā
மணிகர்ணிகையில் நீராடியவர்கள், எல்லாத் தீர்த்தங்களிலும் நீராடியவர்களே; எண்ணற்ற மகாபர்வ நாட்களில் நீராடி, எல்லா அவப்ருத ஸ்நானங்களையும் நிறைவேற்றியவர்களே.
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue convention)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Devotee/audience within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame (traditionally sages/Skanda-Purāṇa narrational chain)
Scene: Pilgrims descending the stone steps of Maṇikarṇikā at dawn, offering arghya to the Gaṅgā; priests reciting mantras; the ghāṭa alive with lamps and ritual vessels, suggesting ‘all tīrthas gathered here’.
FAQs
A single supreme tīrtha-bath is praised as encompassing the merit of many pilgrimages and ritual completions.
Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at Maṇikarṇikā; avabhṛtha is cited as a comparative ritual bath.