Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29
हृष्टाः पुष्टा मृता यान्ति शिवलोकं न संशयः । तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या शिवमुद्दिश्य भारत
hṛṣṭāḥ puṣṭā mṛtā yānti śivalokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā śivamuddiśya bhārata
তেওঁলোকে আনন্দিত আৰু পুষ্ট হৈ এই লোক ত্যাগ কৰে; মৃত্যুৰ পাছত নিঃসন্দেহে শিৱলোকলৈ যায়। আৰু হে ভাৰত! যি কোনো সেই তীৰ্থত ভক্তিভাৱে শিৱক উদ্দেশ্য কৰি—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: Pilgrims at the river tīrtha offer with folded hands toward a Śiva-liṅga or Śiva shrine; a luminous path or aura suggests ascent to Śiva’s world; faces are serene and ‘hṛṣṭa’ (joyful).
FAQs
When gifts and rites are dedicated to Śiva with bhakti at a tīrtha, they become a direct cause for elevated posthumous destiny.
Śuklatīrtha (the tīrtha being praised throughout this passage).
Devotional dedication of acts—especially dāna/rites—explicitly ‘for Śiva’ at the tīrtha.
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