Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
चन्द्रहासे तु यः कश्चित्संन्यासं कुरुते द्विजः । अनिवर्तिका गतिस्तस्य सोमलोकान्न संशयः
candrahāse tu yaḥ kaścitsaṃnyāsaṃ kurute dvijaḥ | anivartikā gatistasya somalokānna saṃśayaḥ
যিকোনো দ্বিজই চন্দ্ৰহাসত সন্ন্যাস গ্ৰহণ কৰে, তেওঁ সোমলোক প্ৰাপ্তি কৰে, যি এক অনিৱৰ্তনীয় গতি; ইয়াত কোনো সন্দেহ নাই।
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Candrahāsa (Revā-tīrtha)
Type: ghat
Listener: King (mahīpāla)
Scene: A dvija renunciant at Candrahāsa on the Revā: shaving/tonsure implied, ochre robes, staff and waterpot; the river glows under moonlight, hinting at Soma-loka; attendants witness the vow.
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Renunciation undertaken at a highly sanctified place is said to bear decisive spiritual fruit, shaping one’s posthumous destiny.
Candrahāsa tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Saṃnyāsa (formal renunciation) undertaken at Candrahāsa.
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