Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
श्लाघ्य एव हि ते मृत्युः पितुरस्माज्जनार्दृनात् । सर्वपातकनिर्मुक्तो गतोऽसौ धाम वैष्णवम्
ślāghya eva hi te mṛtyuḥ piturasmājjanārdṛnāt | sarvapātakanirmukto gato'sau dhāma vaiṣṇavam
Wahrlich, der Tod deines Vaters durch die Hand dieses Janārdana ist lobenswert: von allen Sünden befreit, ist er in die vaiṣṇavische Wohnstatt eingegangen.
Kāmakhyā Devī
Tirtha: Vaiṣṇava dhāma (Vaikuṇṭha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhāratarṣabha (royal listener)
Scene: A consolatory scene where the speaker declares the deceased’s liberation: a subtle vision of Viṣṇu’s abode—radiant gateway, conch and discus motifs—while mourners’ faces soften into acceptance.
FAQs
Contact with the divine (even through death in a sacred narrative frame) is portrayed as purifying, leading to release from sin and attainment of Viṣṇu’s abode.
No earthly tīrtha is specified; the verse glorifies the transcendent Vaiṣṇava dhāma.
None explicitly; the focus is on the salvific result (sarvapātaka-nirmukti and reaching Vaiṣṇava dhāma).