Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 91
दग्ध्वा संगमसांनिध्ये क्षिप्तान्यस्थीनि संगमे । ततस्तीर्थप्रभावेण मुखं जातं शशिप्रभम्
dagdhvā saṃgamasāṃnidhye kṣiptānyasthīni saṃgame | tatastīrthaprabhāveṇa mukhaṃ jātaṃ śaśiprabham
Having cremated them near the confluence and cast the bones into the saṅgama, then—by the power of that tīrtha—her face became radiant like the moon.
Narrator (Sūta) (deduced)
Tirtha: Saṅgama (unnamed in excerpt)
Type: sangam
Scene: Near the confluence, the remains are cremated; bones are cast into the meeting waters. Immediately her face manifests anew, glowing with moonlike radiance.
FAQs
Acts performed with faith at a saṅgama are depicted as powerfully purifying, leading to auspicious transformation.
The saṅgama (confluence), praised for its tīrtha-prabhāva.
Cremation near the saṅgama and casting of bones (asthi) into the confluence (asthi-visarjana).