संन्यस्तसर्वसंकल्पो यस्तु प्राणान्परित्यजेत् । अमरेश्वरमासाद्य स स्वर्गे नियतं वसेत्
saṃnyastasarvasaṃkalpo yastu prāṇānparityajet | amareśvaramāsādya sa svarge niyataṃ vaset
जो सर्व संकल्पांचा संन्यास करून अमरेश्वरास प्राप्त होऊन प्राणत्याग करतो, तो निश्चयाने स्वर्गात वास करतो।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Amareśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājā
Scene: A renunciate-like pilgrim, calm and desireless, approaches the Amareśvara Śiva shrine; the atmosphere is quiet, with lamps and bilva leaves, suggesting a peaceful end and ascent to heaven.
Inner renunciation joined with sacred place-attainment is praised as spiritually efficacious at life’s end.
Amareśvara, a Śiva-site within the Revā Khaṇḍa pilgrimage landscape.
Approaching Amareśvara with renounced resolve (saṃnyasta-saṃkalpa) and relinquishing prāṇa there.