Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
विष्णुरुवाच । धारातीर्थमृतानां च सन्मुखानां महाहवे । यथा चोच्छिन्नबीजानां पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
viṣṇuruvāca | dhārātīrthamṛtānāṃ ca sanmukhānāṃ mahāhave | yathā cocchinnabījānāṃ punarjanma na vidyate
বিষ্ণু বললেন—ধারাতীর্থে মহাযুদ্ধে শত্রুর সম্মুখে থেকে যারা নিহত হয়, তাদের পুনর্জন্ম হয় না; যেমন কাটা বীজ আর অঙ্কুরিত হয় না।
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Dhārātīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Indra (Sahasrākṣa) implied by subsequent address; immediate listener may be Indra or a deva interlocutor
Scene: Vishnu speaks authoritatively: those who die at Dhārātīrtha facing the enemy in great battle do not return to rebirth, like severed seeds that cannot sprout; the scene juxtaposes sacred ford and heroic combat.
FAQs
Dhārātīrtha is praised as a liberating sacred place: righteous, front-facing death in dharmic combat is said to cut the root of rebirth.
Dhārātīrtha.
No explicit rite; the teaching states the tīrtha-phala (cessation of rebirth) connected to dharmic valor.