Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा प्राणत्यागं करोति चेत् । शिवस्यानुचरो भूत्वा मोदते कल्पमक्षयम्
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti cet | śivasyānucaro bhūtvā modate kalpamakṣayam
ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് അവിടെ തന്നേ പ്രാണത്യാഗം ചെയ്താൽ, അവൻ ശിവന്റെ അനുചരനായി അക്ഷയ കല്പകാലം മുഴുവൻ ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു.
Narrator (tīrtha-māhātmya statement)
Type: tirtha
Scene: A pilgrim completes snāna, then peacefully relinquishes life at the tīrtha; Śiva’s gaṇas receive the soul, leading it to Śiva’s retinue; the river and shrine remain central, mood serene not grim.
FAQs
The tīrtha is portrayed as spiritually potent: death there (after sacred purification) is said to lead to Śiva’s proximity.
The same “tatra tīrthe” in Revā Khaṇḍa—presented as a place granting enduring Śiva-sevā after death.
Bathing at the tīrtha is explicitly mentioned; the verse then describes the consequence if death occurs there.