Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
उपेंद्रतप्तानि तपांसि तैश्चिरं स्नाता हि ते चाखिलतीर्थसार्थकैः । स्नात्वेह ये वै मणिकर्णिका ह्रदे समासते मुक्तिजनाश्रयेक्षणम्
upeṃdrataptāni tapāṃsi taiściraṃ snātā hi te cākhilatīrthasārthakaiḥ | snātveha ye vai maṇikarṇikā hrade samāsate muktijanāśrayekṣaṇam
Dahil sa kanila, ang mga pag-aayuno at pagtitika na tulad ng kay Upendra ay wari’y naisagawa nang matagal; tunay, para bang naligo sila sa bisa ng lahat ng tīrtha na magkakasama. Pagkaligo rito sa lawa ng Maṇikarṇikā, ang sinumang umupo kahit sandali sa kanlungan ng mga naghahangad ng mokṣa ay nagkakamit ng kapangyarihang nagpapabanal na iyon.
Śiva
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā-hrada (Maṇikarṇikā-kuṇḍa)
Type: ghat
Listener: Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
Scene: Maṇikarṇikā pool shimmering beside the Ganga; a pilgrim bathes, then sits in still contemplation near a luminous ‘mukti-āśraya’ spot. A faint vision of Viṣṇu as Upendra performing tapas appears as a comparative motif, dissolving into the pool’s radiance.
FAQs
Kāśī’s Maṇikarṇikā is portrayed as a concentrated field of merit where bathing and even brief abiding equals vast tapas and tīrtha-fruit.
Maṇikarṇikā-hrada (the Maṇikarṇikā sacred pool/ford) in Kāśī.
Snāna at Maṇikarṇikā-hrada, followed by sitting/abiding even briefly at the mukti-janāśraya (refuge associated with liberation-seekers/liberated ones).