Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
तत्र तीर्थे मृतानां तु जन्तूनां नृपसत्तम । गर्भवासे मतिस्तेषां न जायेत कदाचन
tatra tīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu jantūnāṃ nṛpasattama | garbhavāse matisteṣāṃ na jāyeta kadācana
Ô le meilleur des rois, pour les êtres qui meurent en ce tīrtha, l’état de demeurer de nouveau dans le sein maternel ne se présente jamais.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Siddheśvara tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: King (nṛpasattama)
Scene: A serene riverbank at Siddheśvara: a dying pilgrim attended by family/priest, Śiva shrine nearby; the soul depicted as rising toward light, while the dark motif of ‘womb-return’ is absent—replaced by open sky and liberation imagery.
FAQs
Certain tīrthas are praised as granting exceptional posthumous merit, even freedom from the cycle that leads back to womb-birth.
Siddheśvara Tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) region.
No new rite is prescribed; it states a phala (result) connected with dying at that sacred place.