Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
अन्यजातेर्मृतस्याथ धृता वापि विवाहिता । वैश्वानरस्य मार्गेण सा तमुद्धरते पतिम्
anyajātermṛtasyātha dhṛtā vāpi vivāhitā | vaiśvānarasya mārgeṇa sā tamuddharate patim
અન્ય જાતિના પુરુષના મૃત્યુ પછી પણ જો તે સ્ત્રીને કોઈએ ગ્રહણ કરી હોય અથવા લગ્ન કર્યા હોય, તો પણ વૈશ્વાનર-માર્ગથી તે તે પતિનો ઉદ્ધાર કરી શકે છે.
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual scene centered on sacred fire (Vaiśvānara): a woman offers oblations into a homa-kunda; from the flames a luminous path rises, guiding a departed figure upward—symbolizing ‘uddhāra’ through Agni’s route.
FAQs
Puranic dharma frames ‘upliftment’ of the departed as possible through spiritually sanctioned means associated with sacred fire (Vaiśvānara).
No specific location is named in this verse; it uses a doctrinal motif (Vaiśvānara) within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
Implicitly references the ‘Vaiśvānara path’—a fire-linked dharmic means—without detailing a specific rite in this śloka.
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