Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
जले द्युनद्या निष्पापे कथं तस्य परा गतिः । अपमृत्यु विपन्नस्य तदीश विनिवेद्यताम्
jale dyunadyā niṣpāpe kathaṃ tasya parā gatiḥ | apamṛtyu vipannasya tadīśa vinivedyatām
स्वर्ग-सरितेच्या पापनाशक जलात (त्याची अस्थी) असता त्याची परा गती कशी होईल? आणि जो अपमृत्यूने मरण पावला—हे ईश—तेही सांगावे।
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (dyunadī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Īśa)
Scene: A questioning divine assembly: Viṣṇu gestures toward the flowing Gaṅgā while asking about the fate of the wicked and those who died untimely; the river appears as a luminous purifier.
FAQs
It frames a key Purāṇic theme: sacred geography (Gaṅgā) can alter outcomes, prompting inquiry into justice, grace, and karma.
Gaṅgā as ‘dyunadī’ (the heavenly river), within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa tīrtha discourse.
None directly; the verse asks for clarification regarding the fate of those connected to Gaṅgā waters, including victims of apamṛtyu.