के माणिकर्णिकेयानां गुणानां सुगरीयसाम् । शक्ता वर्णयितुं विप्राऽसंख्येयानां मदादिभिः
ke māṇikarṇikeyānāṃ guṇānāṃ sugarīyasām | śaktā varṇayituṃ viprā'saṃkhyeyānāṃ madādibhiḥ
婆罗门啊,谁能尽述摩尼迦耳尼迦的功德?其德威至重、无量无数,以其著名的伟大等而为人所知。
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)
Scene: A sage-narrator addressing brāhmaṇas on the ghāṭa, hands raised in wonder, while the river and the sacred space glow—suggesting that Maṇikarṇikā’s greatness surpasses depiction; the scene emphasizes reverent silence after praise.
The tīrtha’s merit is portrayed as immeasurable, inviting reverence rather than mere enumeration.
Māṇikarṇikā in Kāśī.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the innumerable guṇas (merits) of the tīrtha.