Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
तत्रतीर्थे मृतानां तु नराणां भावितात्मनाम् । वरुणस्य पुरे वासो यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
tatratīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu narāṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām | varuṇasya pure vāso yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
அந்தத் தீர்த்தத்தில் கட்டுப்பட்ட மனத்துடன் வாழ்ந்தோர் இறந்தால், பிரளயம் வரைக்கும் வருணனின் நகரத்தில் அவர்களுக்கு வாசம் உண்டு.
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual; ‘that tīrtha’)
Type: ghat
Scene: A serene deathbed on a riverbank tīrtha: the disciplined pilgrim’s prāṇa departs; celestial attendants guide him to Varuṇa’s luminous city with oceanic motifs; time stretches to pralaya.
FAQs
A pure, disciplined life culminating at a sacred place is said to grant exalted posthumous states.
The same tīrtha of Varuṇeśvara referenced in this Adhyāya.
No new rite is prescribed here; it declares the after-death fruit for bhāvita-ātmans connected with the tīrtha.