Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
यस्तत्र त्यजति प्राणाञ्छ्रद्धा युक्तेन चेतसा । स मोक्षमाप्नुयान्मर्त्यो यद्यपि स्यात्सुपापकृत्
yastatra tyajati prāṇāñchraddhā yuktena cetasā | sa mokṣamāpnuyānmartyo yadyapi syātsupāpakṛt
Quem ali entrega a vida com a mente dotada de fé—esse mortal alcança a libertação (mokṣa), ainda que tenha cometido pecados gravíssimos.
Sūta
Type: tirtha
Listener: kingly audience
Scene: A dying pilgrim on the tīrtha’s bank, attended by family and ascetics; the pilgrim’s mind is steady in faith, while a gentle Śiva-light (or Tripurāri’s presence) draws the subtle self upward; dark sin-forms dissolve at the water’s edge.
FAQs
Faithful surrender at a sanctified Śaiva tīrtha is depicted as transformative enough to overcome even heavy karmic burdens and lead to mokṣa.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha of this chapter, presented as a mokṣa-prada (liberation-giving) place.
Not a ritual but a condition: departing life there with śraddhā (faithful consciousness).