Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
चंडालः श्वपचो वाऽपि तिर्यग्योनिगतस्तथा । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे मृतः सम्यगाच्युतं लोकमाप्नुयात्
caṃḍālaḥ śvapaco vā'pi tiryagyonigatastathā | tasmiṃstīrthe mṛtaḥ samyagācyutaṃ lokamāpnuyāt
Selbst ein Caṇḍāla, ein Śvapaca oder einer, der in einem Tierleib geboren wurde—stirbt er an jener Tīrtha auf rechte Weise—gelangt in die Welt Acyutas, des Unvergänglichen Herrn.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Sudarśana/Cakratīrtha (contextual)
Type: tirtha
Scene: At the tīrtha bank, a humble outcaste and even animals are shown under the same divine light; Viṣṇu’s presence (Acyuta) is suggested as a compassionate refuge at the moment of death.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s grace transcends social or biological birth; sincere, proper end at the sacred place leads to the highest divine realm.
The same sacred tīrtha in the Cakratīrtha/Sudarśana context of Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
No specific rite is detailed here; the emphasis is on the salvific power of dying ‘samyak’ (rightly, with proper spiritual orientation) at the tīrtha.