Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
त्वत्पुत्री शूलभेदे तु तपः कृत्वा स्वशक्तितः । विसृज्य चैव सात्मानं तस्मिंस्तीर्थे दिवं ययौ
tvatputrī śūlabhede tu tapaḥ kṛtvā svaśaktitaḥ | visṛjya caiva sātmānaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe divaṃ yayau
«Votre fille, à Śūlabheda, accomplit des austérités (tapas) selon sa propre force ; puis, y abandonnant son corps en ce tīrtha, elle s’en alla au ciel.»
Bhānumatī (message to be delivered via brāhmaṇas)
Tirtha: Śūlabheda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (as recipients of the message to be conveyed)
Scene: A sacred spot named Śūlabheda: the woman, emaciated from austerity yet radiant, sits or stands in meditative resolve; the moment of leaving the body is depicted as a luminous ascent toward the heavens.
FAQs
Austerity performed with sincere capacity at a sanctified tīrtha becomes a vehicle for elevated destiny; intention and sacred place together shape the fruit.
Śūlabheda Tīrtha is explicitly named and praised as a place where tapas and final relinquishing of the body lead to heavenly attainment.
Tapas (austerity) undertaken at Śūlabheda; the verse also alludes to the tīrtha-based ideal of leaving the body in a sacred place as a culminating religious act.