Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
पराङ्मुखा मृता ये च पलायनपरायणाः । तेषामपि गतिं ब्रूहि यादृग्जायेतवाच्युत
parāṅmukhā mṛtā ye ca palāyanaparāyaṇāḥ | teṣāmapi gatiṃ brūhi yādṛgjāyetavācyuta
പിന്നോട്ട് തിരിഞ്ഞ്, ഓടിപ്പോകലിൽ മാത്രം ആസക്തരായി മരിക്കുന്നവരുടെ ഗതിയും പറയുക, ഹേ അച്യുത; അവർ ഏതു നിലയിലേക്കാണ് എത്തുന്നത്?
Indra (Vṛtrahā)
Tirtha: Dhārātīrtha (contextually implied)
Type: tirtha
Scene: Indra (or a questioner) asks Acyuta/Vishnu about the fate of those who die while fleeing, backs turned, amid a chaotic battlefield near a sacred ford; the mood is tense and morally charged.
FAQs
Dharma evaluates not only the event of death but also inner disposition—steadfastness versus cowardly flight—especially when death occurs in a sacred context.
Dhārātīrtha (by immediate context of the Adhyāya).
None; the verse asks about moral-spiritual consequence (gati).