Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
ततः कालेन महता त्यक्त्वा देहं दिवं गतः । यत्रास्ते भगवान्रुद्रो गणस्तत्र बभूव ह
tataḥ kālena mahatā tyaktvā dehaṃ divaṃ gataḥ | yatrāste bhagavānrudro gaṇastatra babhūva ha
បន្ទាប់មក ក្រោយពេលយូរណាស់ គាត់បានបោះបង់រាងកាយ ហើយទៅស្ថានសួគ៌។ នៅទីដែលព្រះរុទ្រៈស្ថិតនៅ ទីនោះគាត់បានក្លាយជាគណៈ (gaṇa) ពិតប្រាកដ។
Pulastya (narrative continuation)
Tirtha: Piṇḍāraka
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājendra (king)
Scene: After long austerities, Maṅki relinquishes the body; a luminous ascent is shown, culminating in his transformation into a gaṇa in Rudra’s presence.
FAQs
Devotion and austerity mature into divine service—attaining Rudra’s proximity beyond death.
Piṇḍāraka Tīrtha indirectly, as the place where the tapas leads to Rudra’s gaṇa-status.
No new prescription; it states the result (phala) of prior devotion and tapas.