Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
यः पुनस्तीर्थसंन्यासं कृत्वा तिष्ठति तत्र वै । विष्णुलोकान्निवृत्तिर्न कल्पकोटिशतैरपि
yaḥ punastīrthasaṃnyāsaṃ kṛtvā tiṣṭhati tatra vai | viṣṇulokānnivṛttirna kalpakoṭiśatairapi
Moreover, whoever, having taken renunciation at that sacred place, abides there—there is no return for him from Viṣṇu’s world, even after hundreds of crores of kalpas.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (contextual ‘tatra’)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An ascetic who has taken renunciation at the kṣetra sits in steady meditation near the temple and sea, with a subtle vision of Viṣṇu-loka above—radiant, orderly, and timeless—signifying ‘no return even after koṭi-śata kalpas’.
FAQs
Renunciation grounded in a sacred place is presented as extraordinarily potent, leading to enduring attainment of Viṣṇu’s realm without relapse.
The text speaks of “that tīrtha” in the Prabhāsa–Dvārakā context (the pilgrimage region connecting Somanātha/Prabhāsa and Dvārakā).
Tīrtha-saṃnyāsa—taking vows of renunciation at the sacred site and residing there.