Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
रुदित्वा सुचिरं तत्र तैः समं महतीं चिताम् । कृत्वा तां संनिधायाथ प्रदत्तो हव्यवाहनः
ruditvā suciraṃ tatra taiḥ samaṃ mahatīṃ citām | kṛtvā tāṃ saṃnidhāyātha pradatto havyavāhanaḥ
तेथे फार काळ त्यांच्यासह रडून मी एक मोठी चिता रचली। तिला त्यावर ठेवून मग हव्यवाहक अग्नी प्रज्वलित केला गेला।
Sūta (narrative voice describing antyeṣṭi preparation)
Scene: A mournful cremation scene: companions build a large pyre; the bereaved figure weeps, then kindles Agni; smoke rises into a twilight sky, suggesting the soul’s passage.
FAQs
Even amid sorrow, dharma requires proper rites; Agni is invoked as the sacred medium, reflecting ordered conduct in life’s final transitions.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya framework.
Cremation procedure is indicated: building a funeral pyre (citā), placing the body, and kindling Agni (Havyavāhana).