Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63
तदांदोलनतः कर्णात्पपात मणिकर्णिका । मणिभिः खचिता रम्या ततोऽस्तु मणिकर्णिका
tadāṃdolanataḥ karṇātpapāta maṇikarṇikā | maṇibhiḥ khacitā ramyā tato'stu maṇikarṇikā
ด้วยการส่ายไหวนั้น มาณิกรณิกาได้หล่นจากหู งามรื่นรมย์และฝังด้วยรัตนะ; เพราะเหตุนั้นจึงให้เป็นที่รู้จักว่า “มาณิกรณิกา”
Śiva (deduced; continuing etiological narration)
Tirtha: Māṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Viṣṇu (implied interlocutor in the narrative)
Scene: A gem-studded, radiant ear-ornament slips from Śiva’s ear during the head-sway and descends toward the sacred ground by the river, establishing the famed Māṇikarṇikā.
FAQs
Sacred places are not merely geographic; they are sanctified through divine līlā and become enduring sources of merit.
Māṇikarṇikā—one of the most renowned tīrthas of Kāśī.
No direct ritual instruction appears in this verse; it explains the tīrtha’s naming and sanctity.