Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
यस्तत्र त्यजति प्राणान्कृत्वा प्रायोपवेशनम् । न च भूयोऽत्र संसारे स जन्माप्नोति ।मानवः
yastatra tyajati prāṇānkṛtvā prāyopaveśanam | na ca bhūyo'tra saṃsāre sa janmāpnoti |mānavaḥ
Wer dort, indem er prāyopaveśana (Fasten bis zum Tod) vollzieht, das Leben hingibt, wird in dieser Welt des Saṃsāra nicht wiedergeboren.
Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Śūdrakeśvara (kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An aged or resolved pilgrim sits facing the liṅga and the rivers, body thin from fasting, eyes steady in meditation; attendants maintain silence, lamps flicker, and the river breeze moves prayer-flags or leaves.
FAQs
A sacred place is presented as a mokṣa-field where the highest renunciatory resolve can culminate in freedom from rebirth.
The same Gaṅgā–Yamunā tīrtha environment associated with Śūdrakeśvara.
Prāyopaveśana—religiously sanctioned fasting unto death—performed at the tīrtha.