Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46
कृमिकीटपतङ्गा ये तत्र तीर्थे युधिष्ठिर । प्राप्नुवन्ति मृताः स्वर्गं किं पुनर्ये नरा मृताः
kṛmikīṭapataṅgā ye tatra tīrthe yudhiṣṭhira | prāpnuvanti mṛtāḥ svargaṃ kiṃ punarye narā mṛtāḥ
ഹേ യുധിഷ്ഠിരാ, ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ കൃമികളും കീടങ്ങളും പതംഗങ്ങളും പോലും മരിച്ചാൽ സ്വർഗ്ഗം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; പിന്നെ അവിടെ മരിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യരെക്കുറിച്ച് എന്തു പറയണം।
Unspecified (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira explicitly)
Tirtha: Unnamed Revā-tīrtha (within Kusumeśa-mahātmyam)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A sacred river-ford where even tiny insects are shown ascending as lights toward heaven; pilgrims watch with wonder as the tīrtha radiates sanctity.
FAQs
A supremely sanctified tīrtha elevates all beings; its holiness is measured by the liberation it grants even to the least forms of life.
The tīrtha being praised in this adhyāya is Kusumeśa-tīrtha (Revā Khaṇḍa).
No specific rite here; it proclaims the extraordinary salvific power of the tīrtha, especially regarding death at the site.