Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50
न तस्य सम्भवो मर्त्ये तस्य वासो भवेद्दिवि । नियमस्थो विमुच्येत त्रिजन्मजनितादघात्
na tasya sambhavo martye tasya vāso bhaveddivi | niyamastho vimucyeta trijanmajanitādaghāt
Für ihn gibt es keine weitere Rückkehr ins sterbliche Dasein; seine Wohnstatt wird himmlisch. In heiliger Zucht gefestigt, wird er von der Sünde befreit, die aus drei Geburten erwachsen ist.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Koṭiliṅga
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vow-keeper at the Śiva shrine radiates purity; above, a symbolic path from earth to heavenly realms, with chains of past sins breaking—suggesting release from three-birth sin and no return to mortality.
FAQs
Disciplined observance (niyama) at a sacred place purifies deep karmic burdens and leads toward higher states beyond repeated mortality.
A Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha (connected to the Narmadā region) is implied; the promise is tied to observance ‘here’ in the ongoing passage.
Remaining ‘niyamastha’—steadfast in vows and regulated conduct—along with the implied tīrtha practices (such as bathing) from the preceding verse.