Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
अश्वमेधाः कृताः पंच तथा सम्पूर्णदक्षिणाः । भ्रामयित्वा हयं भूमौ पश्चात्प्राप स सद्गतिम्
aśvamedhāḥ kṛtāḥ paṃca tathā sampūrṇadakṣiṇāḥ | bhrāmayitvā hayaṃ bhūmau paścātprāpa sa sadgatim
وأُقيمت خمسةُ أضاحي الأَشْوَمِيدْهَا (Aśvamedha) كذلك كاملةً بكل العطايا؛ وبعد أن أطلق حصان القربان يجوب الأرض، نال بعد ذلك المقام الحقّ الشريف.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Scene: The sacrificial horse roams guarded by warriors; banners and drums; later the horse returns to a blazing altar where priests conduct the rite and gifts are distributed—ending with a symbolic ascent to sadgati.
FAQs
Ritual performed with completeness (including dakṣiṇā) and aligned with dharma is portrayed as leading to elevated spiritual destiny (sadgati).
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
The Aśvamedha sacrifice—sending the horse to roam and completing the rite with full dakṣiṇā.