Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
धारातीर्थमृतानां च प्रहारैः सन्मुखैः प्रभो । या गतिश्च समादिष्टा तां मे वद जनार्दन
dhārātīrthamṛtānāṃ ca prahāraiḥ sanmukhaiḥ prabho | yā gatiśca samādiṣṭā tāṃ me vada janārdana
يا ربّ—أخبرني، يا جاناردانا: ما المصير الذي قُدِّر لمن يموتون عند دهاراتيرثا، وقد سقطوا في مقدّمة المعركة وهم يواجهون الضربات وجهاً لوجه؟
Indra (Vṛtrahā)
Tirtha: Dhārātīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (mahārāja)
Scene: Indra addresses Viṣṇu (Janārdana), asking the ordained destiny of those who die at Dhārātīrtha, struck down while facing the enemy in the forefront of battle.
FAQs
The manner of meeting death (courageously, facing forward) and the sanctity of place (tīrtha) are presented as decisive for one’s posthumous gati.
Dhārātīrtha.
No explicit ritual; the verse frames a dharmic inquiry about tīrtha-phala tied to heroic death.