Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
त एव धन्या मर्त्येस्मिन्सर्वक्रतुषु दीक्षिताः । त्यक्त्वा पुण्यार्जितां लक्ष्मीमैक्षियैर्मणिकर्णिका
ta eva dhanyā martyesminsarvakratuṣu dīkṣitāḥ | tyaktvā puṇyārjitāṃ lakṣmīmaikṣiyairmaṇikarṇikā
اسی فانی دنیا میں وہی مبارک ہیں جو سب یَجْنوں میں دیکشت ہیں؛ جو پُنّیہ سے کمائی ہوئی لکشمی کو چھوڑ کر مَṇِکَرṇِکا کو اپنا اعلیٰ ترین آسرا سمجھ کر دیکھتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Devotee/sage audience
Scene: A sacrificer (yajamāna) with ritual marks and attendants, turning away from piles of wealth and sacrificial paraphernalia; he walks toward Maṇikarṇikā with empty hands, eyes fixed on the sacred ghat, embodying renunciation.
FAQs
Even sacrificial merit culminates in renunciation—placing liberation above prosperity by turning toward Māṇikarṇikā.
Māṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.
Dīkṣā connected to kratus (sacrificial consecrations) is referenced; the verse stresses renouncing even meritorious wealth.