संसारिचिंतामणिरत्र यस्मात्तं तारकं सज्जनकर्णिकायाम् । शिवोभिधत्ते सहसांऽतकाले तद्गीयतेसौ मणि कर्णिकेति
saṃsāriciṃtāmaṇiratra yasmāttaṃ tārakaṃ sajjanakarṇikāyām | śivobhidhatte sahasāṃ'takāle tadgīyatesau maṇi karṇiketi
کیونکہ یہاں سَجّن-کرنِکا میں موت کے وقت شیو اچانک تارک منتر فرماتا ہے—جو سنسار میں بندھے ہوئے لوگوں کے لیے چنتامنی، یعنی مراد پوری کرنے والا جواہر ہے—اسی لیے وہ جگہ ‘منیکرنکا’ کے نام سے مشہور ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā (Sajjana-karṇikā)
Type: ghat
Scene: Maṇikarṇikā ghat at twilight: funeral pyres glow; yet above the scene, Śiva appears compassionate, whispering the Tāraka into the ear of the departing; the mantra radiates like a jewel (cintāmaṇi) amid the smoke, transforming the cremation ground into a gateway.
Liberation in Kāśī is grounded in Śiva’s direct salvific teaching (tāraka) bestowed at death.
Maṇikarṇikā (also referenced as Sajjana-karṇikā), famed as the locus of Śiva’s tāraka-upadeśa.
No human-performed rite is stated; the key act is Śiva’s utterance/teaching of the Tāraka at anta-kāla.