Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30
अक्षयं तत्र तत्सर्वं यत्कृतं योधनीपुरे । मातरं पितरं त्यक्त्वा सर्वबन्धुसुहृज्जनान्
akṣayaṃ tatra tatsarvaṃ yatkṛtaṃ yodhanīpure | mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tyaktvā sarvabandhusuhṛjjanān
योधनीपुरे यत्कृतं तत्सर्वम् अक्षयं भवति। मातरं पितरं त्यक्त्वा सर्वबन्धुसुहृज्जनानपि यः करोति, तस्यापि तत् नश्यति न॥
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Yodhanīpura
Type: kshetra
Listener: a king (nṛpoत्तम)
Scene: A pilgrim at Yodhanīpura performs a decisive act—offering, vow, or worship—while a symbolic ‘akṣaya’ motif appears: an unending stream of light from the altar/river, suggesting imperishable fruit despite worldly severances.
FAQs
A supremely sanctified place can render religious acts ‘imperishable,’ highlighting the transformative power of tīrtha and sincere action.
Yodhanīpura, praised as a place where performed deeds become akṣaya (imperishable).
Not a specific ritual; the teaching is that any dharmic act performed at Yodhanīpura yields imperishable fruit.