Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
तथा तत्रास्ति पूर्वस्यां दिशि तत्तीर्थमुत्तमम् । गयाशिर इति ख्यातं प्रेतत्वान्मुक्तिदा यकम्
tathā tatrāsti pūrvasyāṃ diśi tattīrthamuttamam | gayāśira iti khyātaṃ pretatvānmuktidā yakam
De plus, à l'est de cet endroit se trouve un excellent Tīrtha, renommé sous le nom de Gayāśira, qui accorde la délivrance de l'état de preta.
Preta (a departed spirit)
Tirtha: Gayāśira
Type: tirtha
Scene: Directional revelation: to the east lies the excellent tīrtha called Gayāśira, famed as a liberator from pretahood.
FAQs
Specific tīrthas are celebrated as uniquely efficacious for relieving particular karmic conditions, including pretahood.
Gayāśira tīrtha, located to the east of the previously described sacred area.
Not detailed here; the verse identifies Gayāśira as a liberation-giving tīrtha, setting up the next instruction.