Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
लक्ष्मीनृसिंहतीर्थं च गोपीगोविंद दक्षिणे । निर्वाणलक्ष्म्या यत्रत्यो व्रियते तु नरोत्तमः
lakṣmīnṛsiṃhatīrthaṃ ca gopīgoviṃda dakṣiṇe | nirvāṇalakṣmyā yatratyo vriyate tu narottamaḥ
गोपी-गोविंद के दक्षिण में लक्ष्मी-नृसिंह तीर्थ भी है। वहाँ देह त्यागने वाला नरश्रेष्ठ निर्वाण-लक्ष्मी (मोक्ष-सम्पदा) को प्राप्त होता है।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage audience seeking phala of specific tīrthas
Scene: South of the Gopī-Govinda spot, a small tīrtha with a fierce yet protective Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha icon; a devotee offers lamps and tulasī; the scene hints at the ‘good death’ ideal—serene passing under divine protection.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sacred spaces are portrayed as liberation-giving; even death in such a sanctified zone is framed as spiritually transformative.
Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha, described as lying to the south of Gopī-Govinda in Kāśī.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the salvific merit connected with dying at/near this tīrtha.