यस्तत्र त्यजति प्राणान्कृत्वा प्रायोपवेशनम् । न च भूयोऽत्र संसारे स जन्माप्नोति ।मानवः
yastatra tyajati prāṇānkṛtvā prāyopaveśanam | na ca bhūyo'tra saṃsāre sa janmāpnoti |mānavaḥ
Кто там, совершив прайопавешану (пост до смерти), оставляет жизнь, тот более не рождается в этом мире сансары.
Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Śūdrakeśvara (kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An aged or resolved pilgrim sits facing the liṅga and the rivers, body thin from fasting, eyes steady in meditation; attendants maintain silence, lamps flicker, and the river breeze moves prayer-flags or leaves.
A sacred place is presented as a mokṣa-field where the highest renunciatory resolve can culminate in freedom from rebirth.
The same Gaṅgā–Yamunā tīrtha environment associated with Śūdrakeśvara.
Prāyopaveśana—religiously sanctioned fasting unto death—performed at the tīrtha.