Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
यस्यास्थीनि जले तत्र क्षिप्यंते मनुजस्य च । अपि पाप समाचारः स प्राप्नोति परां गतिम्
yasyāsthīni jale tatra kṣipyaṃte manujasya ca | api pāpa samācāraḥ sa prāpnoti parāṃ gatim
Même si un homme a vécu dans le péché, si ses os sont jetés dans l’eau de ce lieu, il atteint la destination suprême.
Narrator (phalaśruti; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: A family at the water’s edge gently releases a small cloth bundle of ashes/bones into the current; priest offers tarpaṇa; mood is solemn yet hopeful; the water glows subtly to indicate salvific power.
FAQs
The redemptive power of a great tīrtha extends even to post-death rites, emphasizing mercy and purification in sacred geography.
The waters of Viṣṇupadī tīrtha (the ‘there’ where bones are immersed).
Asti-kṣepa/visarjana: casting a person’s bones into the tīrtha water as part of funerary observances.