Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 75
क्षिपेः प्रभाते तानि त्वं नाभिमात्रजलस्थितः । इत्युच्चार्य द्विजश्रेष्ठ विमुक्तिस्तस्य जायताम्
kṣipeḥ prabhāte tāni tvaṃ nābhimātrajalasthitaḥ | ityuccārya dvijaśreṣṭha vimuktistasya jāyatām
प्रभाते नाभिमात्राम्भसि स्थित्वा तान्यस्थीनि क्षिप। इत्युक्त्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठ तस्य मुक्तिर्भविष्यति॥
Narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa (deductively: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition addressing a king)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: ghat
Listener: dvijaśreṣṭha (best brāhmaṇa)
Scene: At first light, a brāhmaṇa stands waist-deep in the Revā, gently releasing a cloth bundle of bone fragments into the flowing current while reciting a sacred utterance; the horizon glows.
FAQs
Properly performed rites at a sacred river-tīrtha, done with discipline and purity, become a direct cause of release (vimukti) for the departed.
The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha tradition (contextually linked in this chapter to Hanūmanteśvara).
Casting the remains at dawn while standing in water up to the navel.