Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच । तत्रैव सङ्गमे राजन्भक्त्या परमया नृप । प्राणांस्त्यजन्ति ये मर्त्यास्ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tatraiva saṅgame rājanbhaktyā paramayā nṛpa | prāṇāṃstyajanti ye martyāste yānti paramāṃ gatim
মাৰ্কণ্ডেয় ক’লে: হে ৰাজন, হে নৃপ! যিসকল মৰ্ত্য সেই সঙ্গমতেই পৰম ভক্তিৰে প্ৰাণ ত্যাগ কৰে, তেওঁলোকে পৰম গতি লাভ কৰে।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: Rājā (king; addressed as rājan/nṛpa)
Scene: At a river confluence, a king listens to sage Mārkaṇḍeya; pilgrims stand with folded hands as the waters meet, suggesting the liminal threshold between life and liberation.
FAQs
Supreme devotion at a sanctified place at life’s end is presented as a direct path to the highest spiritual attainment.
A sacred saṅgama (confluence) within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā tīrtha network.
Bhakti-centered end-of-life observance at the tīrtha (a form of tīrtha-maraṇa/antya-smṛti), rather than a detailed rite.