Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
उद्बंधन मृता ये च पतिता आत्मघातकाः । आत्मविक्रयिणश्चोरा ये तथाऽयाज्ययाजकाः
udbaṃdhana mṛtā ye ca patitā ātmaghātakāḥ | ātmavikrayiṇaścorā ye tathā'yājyayājakāḥ
Mereka yang mati karena gantung diri, mereka yang jatuh dalam kenistaan, mereka yang mengakhiri hidupnya sendiri; mereka yang menjual dirinya, para pencuri, dan mereka yang menjadi imam pada yajña terlarang—semuanya termasuk.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-Gaṅgā (śānti for patita/akāla-mṛta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ritual inquirer/pilgrim audience
Scene: At the ghāṭa, the performer offers tarpaṇa for troubled souls—those who died by hanging or suicide and other ‘fallen’—shown as shadowed figures gradually turning luminous as Gaṅgā’s light touches them.
FAQs
Kāśī–Gaṅgā’s grace and the duty of remembrance extend even to socially/religiously marginalized dead; dharma aims at upliftment.
Gaṅgā in Kāśī, in the context of pitṛkarman performed at this tīrtha.
Offer tarpaṇa even for those considered “patita” or who died by hanging or self-harm, and other condemned categories.