Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
यावंतो भास्वतः स्पर्शाद्भासंते सैकताः कणाः । तावंतो द्रुहिणा जग्मुर्नैत्येषा मणिकर्णिका
yāvaṃto bhāsvataḥ sparśādbhāsaṃte saikatāḥ kaṇāḥ | tāvaṃto druhiṇā jagmurnaityeṣā maṇikarṇikā
جتنے ریت کے ذرّے تاباں سورج کے لمس سے چمکتے ہیں، اتنی ہی بار دروہِنا (برہما) یہاں آئے؛ پھر بھی یہ مانیکرنیکا کبھی ‘نَیتی’—یعنی معمولی یا بے اثر—نہیں ہوتی۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Scene: Brahmā (Druhiṇa) repeatedly arriving at Maṇikarṇikā; sunlit sand-grains sparkle on the ghat; the place radiates undiminished sanctity despite countless divine visits.
FAQs
Even repeated divine visitation cannot diminish the tīrtha’s potency—Maṇikarṇikā is portrayed as inexhaustibly sacred.
Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.
No explicit rite; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s undiminishing greatness and continual draw for pilgrims (even Brahmā).