Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93
ये चात्र देहं त्यक्ष्यंति युष्माकं चाश्रमे शुभे । अपि पापसमायुक्तास्ते यास्यंति परां गतिम्
ye cātra dehaṃ tyakṣyaṃti yuṣmākaṃ cāśrame śubhe | api pāpasamāyuktāste yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim
आणि जे येथे तुमच्या या शुभ आश्रमात देहत्याग करतील, ते पापयुक्त असले तरी परम गतीस जातील।
Indra
Tirtha: Śubha-āśrama (name not specified)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dying pilgrim/ascetic within the āśrama, attended by calm sages; sacred water and a small shrine nearby; the atmosphere is compassionate—light suggesting release, not fear.
FAQs
The sanctity of a divinely empowered place can uplift even the sinful; death at such a tīrtha is portrayed as salvific.
The auspicious āśrama-tīrtha of the sages in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, said to grant the supreme destination to those who die there.
No explicit rite; the verse states the spiritual consequence of passing away within the holy precincts.