Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15
व्याधिग्रहगृहीतो वा वृद्धो वा विकलेन्द्रियः । आत्मानं दाहयित्वाग्नौ विधिना सद्गतिं लभेत्
vyādhigrahagṛhīto vā vṛddho vā vikalendriyaḥ | ātmānaṃ dāhayitvāgnau vidhinā sadgatiṃ labhet
जो रोगाने ग्रस्त आहे, वृद्ध आहे किंवा ज्याची इंद्रिये निकामी झाली आहेत, त्याने विधीपूर्वक अग्नीत देह अर्पण करून सद्गती प्राप्त करावी.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing reply)
Tirtha: Revā-tīra antyeṣṭi-ghāṭa (generic)
Type: ghat
Scene: A frail elder on a riverbank, surrounded by family and priests, with a funeral fire prepared; the atmosphere is solemn, regulated, and spiritually focused.
FAQs
Even in frailty, a disciplined and rule-bound completion of life is presented as spiritually efficacious.
No specific site is mentioned in this verse.
Consigning the body to fire ‘according to proper rule’ (vidhinā), i.e., a regulated end-of-life rite/austerity involving fire.