Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
अन्यजातेर्मृतस्याथ धृता वापि विवाहिता । वैश्वानरस्य मार्गेण सा तमुद्धरते पतिम्
anyajātermṛtasyātha dhṛtā vāpi vivāhitā | vaiśvānarasya mārgeṇa sā tamuddharate patim
たとえ他のジャーティの男が死んだ後、彼女が別の身分に取られ、あるいは嫁がされたとしても、ヴァイシュヴァーナラ（Vaiśvānara）の道によって、なおその夫を引き上げ救済し得る。
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.