Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11
म्लेच्छा अपि सुतीर्थेषु ये मृतानात्मघातकाः । विहाय काशीं निर्वाण विश्राणांतेऽत्र भोगिनः
mlecchā api sutīrtheṣu ye mṛtānātmaghātakāḥ | vihāya kāśīṃ nirvāṇa viśrāṇāṃte'tra bhoginaḥ
សូម្បីតែជនជាតិបរទេសក៏ដោយ ប្រសិនបើស្លាប់នៅទីរថៈដ៏ល្អឥតខ្ចោះ—ដោយមិនមែនជាអ្នកសម្លាប់ខ្លួន—ក្រោយចាកចេញពីកាសី ពួកគេបានរីករាយនឹងផលបុណ្យនៅទីនេះ ហើយទទួលបានការប្រទាននិរវាណ (មោក្ខ) ដ៏ប្រសើរបំផុត។
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī su-tīrthas (Gaṅgā-ghāṭas within Avimukta)
Type: ghat
Listener: Purāṇic audience
Scene: A poignant riverside deathbed scene at a Kāśī ghat: an outsider pilgrim lies peacefully facing the Gaṅgā and a distant Śiva shrine; attendants chant; a luminous, compassionate presence of Śiva bestows release; the mood balances awe and tenderness.
FAQs
Sacred tīrthas uplift all, regardless of origin, but self-harm (ātmaghāta) is a grave obstacle to auspicious destiny.
Kāśī and the wider network of su-tīrthas; Kāśī is implied as the central liberating field (mokṣa-kṣetra).
No explicit rite; it underscores the religious importance of dying in a tīrtha and the prohibition of suicide.