tvattīre maṇikarṇike hariharau sāyujyamuktipradau
vādantau kurutaḥ parasparamubhau jantoḥ prayāṇotsave |
madrūpo manujo'yamastu hariṇā proktaḥ śivastatkṣaṇā-
ttanmadhyādbhṛgulāñchano garuḍagaḥ pītāmbaro nirgataḥ || 1 ||
indrādyāstridaśāḥ patanti niyataṃ bhogakṣaye ye puna-
rjāyante manujāstatopi paśavaḥ kīṭāḥ pataṅgādayaḥ |
ye mātarmaṇikarṇike tava jale majjanti niṣkalmaṣāḥ
sāyujye'pi kirīṭakaustubhadharā nārāyaṇāḥ syurnarāḥ || 2 ||
kāśī dhanyatamā vimuktanagarī sālaṅkṛtā gaṅgayā
tatreyaṃ maṇikarṇikā sukhakarī muktirhi tatkiṅkarī |
svarlokastulitaḥ sahaiva vibudhaiḥ kāśyā samaṃ brahmaṇā
kāśī kṣoṇitale sthitā gurutarā svargo laghutvaṃ gataḥ || 3 ||
gaṅgātīramanuttamaṃ hi sakalaṃ tatrāpi kāśyuttamā
tasyāṃ sā maṇikarṇikottamatamā yetreśvaro muktidaḥ |
devānāmapi durlabhaṃ sthalamidaṃ pāpaughanāśakṣamaṃ
pūrvopārjitapuṇyapuñjagamakaṃ puṇyairjanaiḥ prāpyate || 4 ||
duḥkhāmbhodhigato hi jantunivahasteṣāṃ kathaṃ niṣkṛtiḥ
jñātvā taddhi viriñcinā viracitā vārāṇasī śarmadā |
lokāḥsvargasukhāstato'pi laghavo bhogāntapātapradāḥ
kāśī muktipurī sadā śivakarī dharmārthamokṣapradā || 5 ||
eko veṇudharo dharādharadharaḥ śrīvatsabhūṣādharaḥ
yo'pyekaḥ kila śaṅkaro viṣadharo gaṅgādharo mādhavaḥ |
ye mātarmaṇikarṇike tava jale majjanti te mānavāḥ
rudrā vā harayo bhavanti bahavasteṣāṃ bahutvaṃ katham || 6 ||
tvattīre maraṇaṃ tu maṅgalakaraṃ devairapi ślāghyate
śakrastaṃ manujaṃ sahasranayanairdraṣṭuṃ sadā tatparaḥ |
āyāntaṃ savitā sahasrakiraṇaiḥ pratyudgato'bhūtsadā
puṇyo'sau vṛṣago'thavā garuḍagaḥ kiṃ mandiraṃ yāsyati || 7 ||
madhyāhne maṇikarṇikāsnapanajaṃ puṇyaṃ na vaktuṃ kṣamaḥ
svīyairabdhaśataiścaturmukhadharo vedārthadīkṣāguruḥ |
yogābhyāsabalena candraśikharastatpuṇyapāraṅgata-
stvattīre prakaroti suptapuruṣaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ vā śivam || 8 ||
kṛcchrai koṭiśataiḥ svapāpanidhanaṃ yaccāśvamedhaiḥ phalaṃ
tatsarve maṇikarṇikāsnapanaje puṇye praviṣṭaṃ bhavet |
snātvā stotramidaṃ naraḥ paṭhati cetsaṃsārapāthonidhiṃ
tīrtvā palvalavatprayāti sadanaṃ tejomayaṃ brahmaṇaḥ || 9 ||