Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
आनृण्यं भूपतिः प्राप्य एवं दशरथस्तदा । पितॄणां प्रययौ स्वर्गं कृतकृत्यस्तथा द्विजाः
ānṛṇyaṃ bhūpatiḥ prāpya evaṃ daśarathastadā | pitṝṇāṃ prayayau svargaṃ kṛtakṛtyastathā dvijāḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ രാജാവ് ദശരഥൻ പിതൃഋണത്തിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തനായി, ഹേ ദ്വിജന്മാരേ, കൃതകൃത്യനായി പിതൃലോകമായ സ്വർഗത്തിലേക്ക് പ്രയാണം ചെയ്തു।
Narrator of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual purāṇic narrator)
Listener: dvijāḥ (brāhmaṇas) explicitly addressed
Scene: Daśaratha, serene and fulfilled, departing toward Pitṛs; subtle celestial path with pitṛ-gaṇas; brāhmaṇas witnessing, hands in añjali; atmosphere of completion rather than grief.
FAQs
A fulfilled life is defined by discharging dharmic debts—especially to the Pitṛs—leading to auspicious departure and higher worlds.
The broader Adhyāya 98 tīrtha is the background cause of these results; the site name is not specified in this verse.
Implicitly reinforces pitṛ-kārya (ancestral rites) and the goal of ānṛṇya; earlier verses specify śrāddha.