Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
अस्य तीरे देहदाहो यस्य कस्य प्रजायते । अस्थिक्षेपो यस्य भवेन्महीसागरसंगमे
asya tīre dehadāho yasya kasya prajāyate | asthikṣepo yasya bhavenmahīsāgarasaṃgame
នៅលើច្រាំងនេះ សម្រាប់អ្នកណាក៏ដោយ បើមានការដុតសពកាយកើតឡើង ហើយបើមានការបោះឆ្អឹង (asthi-kṣepa) នៅកន្លែងប្រសព្វរវាងដី និងសមុទ្រ—
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha (bank) / Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: A quiet cremation ground near the sacred bank: a funeral pyre with controlled flames; family performing final offerings; later, a small procession to the sea-confluence where ashes/bones are released into waves at dawn.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma extends to end-of-life rites, teaching that sacred geography can sanctify funerary acts for any person.
Koṭitīrtha and its shore, linked with a confluence described as the meeting of land and ocean.
Deha-dāha (cremation) on the tīrtha’s bank and asthi-kṣepa (bone immersion) at the confluence (saṅgama).