Mankarnika Ashtak to get supreme moksha anywhere

Mani is the name of the ring of Lord Shiva. It is said that when Lord Shiva was starting to destroy the world in the previous yugas, Lord Vishnu did tapa on the banks of river Ganga. Lord Shiva got pleased with it and he and Maa Gauri came to the banks of Ganga. For the couple, Lord Vishnu made a well near the river.
It is when Lord Shiva and Maa Gauri were bathing that the ring fell into the kund and thus the name of the place where this mani fell is called as Manikarnika.


Manikarnika is a hence worshipped as a goddess and it is said that the person who worships her gets everything he wants in life.
However, the most important benefit of worshipping her is that it is said that the person who worships goddess manikarnika or does purascharan of her mantras get the  supreme moksha even if he has died in the house of a chandaal/mlecchachari or the person who has died in a foreign land.
This is a very very rare and secret fact regarding goddess Manikarnika.


Manikarnika upasana is very necessary for people who live in foreign lands and are desirous of getting moksha.
Because it is said by our sanatana dharma, that bharatvarsh is the only place on earth from where one can get bhog as well as moksha.
All other places can give bhog but not moksha.

Today, I will share a rare stotra of goddess manikarnika reciting which, a person who has reached the last stages of his life and wants to get moksha but lives in foreign land or among shudras or mlecchas or chandal will become one with the  Parabrahma.

There are no rules and regulations for this stotra. Only thing one must make sure is that you must have a pure ghee diya lit during recitation.
Other than this, there are no specifications about time,direction, cleanliness,etc.
However, if you recite it facing the sun or  manikarnika ghat  then it will be better.
The sadhak must mediate on Sadashiv while reciting this stotra because he is the Para Brahma.
Or, one must meditate on Lord Hari-Hara.

|| मणिकर्णिकाष्टकं || 

ॐ त्वत्तीरे मणिकर्णिके हरिहरौ सायुज्यमुक्तिप्रदौ
वादन्तौ कुरुतः परस्परमुभौ जन्तोः प्रयाणोत्सवे ।
मद्रूपो मनुजोऽयमस्तु हरिणा प्रोक्तः शिवस्तत्क्षणात्
तन्मध्याद्भृगुलाञ्छनो गरुडगः पीताम्बरो निर्गतः ॥ १॥

इन्द्राद्यास्त्रिदशाः पतन्ति नियतं भोगक्षये ये पुन
र्जायन्ते मनुजास्ततोपि पशवः कीटाः पतङ्गादयः ।
ये मातर्मणिकर्णिके तव जले मज्जन्ति निष्कल्मषाः
सायुज्येऽपि किरीटकौस्तुभधरा नारायणाः स्युर्नराः ॥ २॥

काशी धन्यतमा विमुक्तनगरी सालंकृता गङ्गया
तत्रेयं मणिकर्णिका सुखकरी मुक्तिर्हि तत्किंकरी ।
स्वर्लोकस्तुलितः सहैव विबुधैः काश्या समं ब्रह्मणा
काशी क्षोणितले स्थिता गुरुतरा स्वर्गो लघुत्वं गतः ॥ ३॥

गङ्गातीरमनुत्तमं हि सकलं तत्रापि काश्युत्तमा
तस्यां सा मणिकर्णिकोत्तमतमा येत्रेश्वरो मुक्तिदः ।
देवानामपि दुर्लभं स्थलमिदं पापौघनाशक्षमं
पूर्वोपार्जितपुण्यपुञ्जगमकं पुण्यैर्जनैः प्राप्यते ॥ ४॥

दुःखाम्भोधिगतो हि जन्तुनिवहस्तेषां कथं निष्कृतिः
ज्ञात्वा तद्वि विरिञ्चिना विरचिता वाराणसी शर्मदा ।
लोकाःस्वर्गसुखास्ततोऽपि लघवो भोगान्तपातप्रदाः
काशी मुक्तिपुरी सदा शिवकरी धर्मार्थमोक्षप्रदा ॥ ५॥

एको वेणुधरो धराधरधरः श्रीवत्सभूषाधरः
योऽप्येकः किल शंकरो विषधरो गङ्गाधरो माधवः ।
ये मातर्मणिकर्णिके तव जले मज्जन्ति ते मानवाः
रुद्रा वा हरयो भवन्ति बहवस्तेषां बहुत्वं कथम् ॥ ६॥

त्वत्तीरे मरणं तु मङ्गलकरं देवैरपि श्लाध्यते
शक्रस्तं मनुजं सहस्रनयनैर्द्रष्टुं सदा तत्परः ।
आयान्तं सविता सहस्रकिरणैः प्रत्युग्दतोऽभूत्सदा
पुण्योऽसौ वृषगोऽथवा गरुडगः किं मन्दिरं यास्यति ॥ ७॥

मध्याह्ने मणिकर्णिकास्नपनजं पुण्यं न वक्तुं क्षमः
स्वीयैरब्धशतैश्चतुर्मुखधरो वेदार्थदीक्षागुरुः ।
योगाभ्यासबलेन चन्द्रशिखरस्तत्पुण्यपारंगतः
त्वत्तीरे प्रकरोति सुप्तपुरुषं नारायणं वा शिवम् ॥ ८॥

कृच्छैर्ः कोटिशतैः स्वपापनिधनं यच्चाश्वमेधैः फलं
तत्सर्वे मणिकर्णिकास्नपनजे पुण्ये प्रविष्टं भवेत् ।
स्नात्वा स्तोत्रमिदं नरः पठति चेत्संसारपाथोनिधिं
तीर्त्वा पल्वलवत्प्रयाति सदनं तेजोमयं ब्रह्मणः ||


It is said that the person who recites this stotra 10,000 or 1 lac times and visits Manikarnika Ghat is bound to get freedom from his sins and get moksha.
The way all the ghosts and demons run away at the sight of Sun, similarly the sins will run away from such a sadhak very quickly.

Keep in mind readers that moksha is not possible without death. And death is imminent. Either for moksha or for a rebirth. If you think that I will attain moksha without having to sacrifice this body then it is not possible. Because after every birth our body changes but it the soul which remains the same.
Also, one must not be infatuated  over which kind of moksha he is getting because a moksha is a moksha. Once you become free from cycle of birth and death, then it doesn't matter as to which loka one goes to.
In the end, Vishnu and Shiva are one.
It is only in human birth that we have the ability to chant mantras or stotras and do tapasya to get freedom from our sins, enjoy the kind of happiness we want and get moksha.
A bird or a lion is not seen reciting mantras to get moksha. Such animals, even though desirous of getting moksha, cannot get it until they get a human birth again. Till then, they will have to travel through millions of yonis, i.e. become millions of kinds of living creatures until they get a human birth again.
Hence, every person in this world, who believes in Sanatana dharma, must use his time judiciously and not waste it.

Lord Shiva has said,
 lost health can be brought back lost fame can be brought back, lost kingdom can be brought back, lost wealth can be brought back, lost happiness can be brought back; But this human birth cannot be brought back.


For those who live in foriegn lands must first have a bath at manikarnika in Brahma Muhurat and then come back home and start reciting this stotra.
The sadhak must first take a sankalp that you are doing this sadhana to get moksha and recite the stotra 10000 times within one year.
If the sadhak starts feeling heat then it is a sign that his karmas are burning away. If the sadhak develops a tendency or desire to see towards the sky and on seeing the sky, he imagines or actually sees Lord  Shiva or Vishnu or Brahma =, then it has to be understood that you are very soon going to get moksha.