Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35
यावदस्थि मनुष्याणां गंगातोयेषु तिष्ठति । तावदब्दसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते
yāvadasthi manuṣyāṇāṃ gaṃgātoyeṣu tiṣṭhati | tāvadabdasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate
Selama tulang seseorang tetap berada di dalam air Gangga, selama itu pula—beribu-ribu tahun lamanya—ia dimuliakan di alam surga.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (asthi-visarjana tīrtha)
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: Family performs asthi-visarjana at a Gaṅgā ghāṭa; a small urn is opened, bones offered to the flowing river; above, a subtle celestial court honors the departed.
FAQs
Gaṅgā is presented as a powerful post-death purifier; contact of remains with her waters yields prolonged heavenly honor.
Gaṅgā’s waters—implicitly the Gaṅgā tīrthas of Kāśī where such rites are traditionally performed.
Asthi-related rites (commonly asthi-visarjana/immersion of bones or ashes) in Gaṅgā.