Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र स्नात्वा विधानेन यस्तु पूजयते शिवम् । अनिवर्तिका गतिस्तस्य रुद्रलोकादसंशयम्
tatra snātvā vidhānena yastu pūjayate śivam | anivartikā gatistasya rudralokādasaṃśayam
तेथे विधिपूर्वक स्नान करून जो शिवाची पूजा करतो, त्याची गती अनावर्त होते; तो निःसंशय रुद्रलोकास प्राप्त होतो।
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Karkaṭeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)
Scene: At dawn, a pilgrim bathes in the Narmadā with folded hands, then approaches a riverside Śiva-liṅga shrine to offer bilva leaves and water; above, a subtle celestial vista hints at Rudraloka.
FAQs
Ritual purity and devotion—snāna followed by Śiva-pūjā—are portrayed as leading to the highest post-mortem goal in a Śaiva frame.
The same Narmadā-bank tīrtha of Karkaṭeśvara described in Adhyāya 137.
Bathe at the tīrtha according to vidhi (proper procedure) and then worship Śiva.