Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88
प्रत्यक्षरूपिणी देवी दृश्यते मणिकर्णिका । चतुर्भुजा विशालाक्षी स्फुरद्भालविलोचना
pratyakṣarūpiṇī devī dṛśyate maṇikarṇikā | caturbhujā viśālākṣī sphuradbhālavilocanā
Ang diyosang si Maṇikarṇikā ay nakikita sa lantad at hayag na anyo—apat ang bisig, malalawak ang mga mata, at may nagniningning na mata sa kanyang noo.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Devotee-audience within the dialogue frame
Scene: A direct vision of Maṇikarṇikā Devī: four-armed, large-eyed, with a radiant third eye on the forehead, standing near the sacred waters/steps.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sanctity is such that the divine is approachable and ‘seen’—devotion culminates in darśana.
Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī, portrayed not only as a place but as the living presence of the goddess.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse provides a meditational iconographic description.