Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
यदन्वये कोपि मुक्तः संप्राप्य मणिकर्णिकाम् । तद्वंश्यास्तत्प्रभावेण मान्याः स्वर्गौकसामपि
yadanvaye kopi muktaḥ saṃprāpya maṇikarṇikām | tadvaṃśyāstatprabhāveṇa mānyāḥ svargaukasāmapi
اگر کسی نسب میں کوئی ایک شخص بھی مَṇِکَرṇِکā تک پہنچ کر موکش پائے، تو اسی اثر سے اس کی اولادیں اہلِ سُوَرگ کے درمیان بھی قابلِ تعظیم ہو جاتی ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee arriving at Maṇikarṇikā with folded hands; behind him, a subtle ancestral line (forebears and descendants) shown receiving honor in celestial realms, indicating lineage uplift through one person’s liberation.
FAQs
Liberation attained through a supreme tīrtha radiates benefit beyond the individual, ennobling the entire lineage.
Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.
No explicit ritual; the verse highlights the trans-generational spiritual prestige linked to mokṣa at Maṇikarṇikā.