अनशनव्रतभृते त्रिकालाभ्यवहारिणे । प्रांते दद्यात्समां मुक्तिमुभाभ्यां मणिकर्णिका
anaśanavratabhṛte trikālābhyavahāriṇe | prāṃte dadyātsamāṃ muktimubhābhyāṃ maṇikarṇikā
Với người giữ giới nguyện nhịn ăn và người thọ thực đúng ba thời, Maṇikarṇikā ban cho cả hai một sự giải thoát ngang nhau vào lúc lâm chung.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Sage addressed as ‘mune’ (frame audience)
Scene: Two pilgrims at the ghāṭ: one emaciated from fasting, another healthy from regular meals; both stand equally before the sacred steps and firelight, with a calm, impartial radiance descending—symbolizing equal mukti at life’s end.
The liberating grace of Maṇikarṇikā is not limited to extreme asceticism; it is portrayed as equally accessible to different lifestyles.
Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha in Kāśī.
Fasting (anaśana-vrata) is mentioned, along with ordinary regulated eating (trikāla-abhyavahāra), to show both can culminate in liberation through the tīrtha.