मणिकर्णीजलं येन संपीतं शुद्धबुद्धिना । किं तस्य सोमपानैस्तैः पुनरावृत्तिलक्षणैः
maṇikarṇījalaṃ yena saṃpītaṃ śuddhabuddhinā | kiṃ tasya somapānaistaiḥ punarāvṛttilakṣaṇaiḥ
جس نے پاکیزہ فہم کے ساتھ منیکرنیکا کا جل پی لیا، اُس کے لیے اُن سوم پینوں کی کیا حاجت جو پھر لوٹ آنے (پُنرجنم) کی علامت رکھتے ہیں؟
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue convention)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Vīra (interlocutor)
Scene: A serene pilgrim with radiant calm drinks a small sip of Maṇikarṇikā water; behind him, a fading scene of Soma sacrifice and celestial pleasures dissolves, symbolizing transcendence of punarāvṛtti.
The tīrtha is presented as granting a higher, liberation-oriented fruit than ritual enjoyments that may still end in saṃsāric return.
Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha of Kāśī.
Drinking Maṇikarṇikā water with śuddha-buddhi (pure intention); Soma-drinking is referenced as a comparative Vedic rite.