Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 84
अप्सरस ऊचुः । लोभावृतो ह्ययं विप्रो लोभात्पापस्य संग्रहः । हनूमन्तेश्वरे राजन्ये मृताः सत्त्वमास्थिताः
apsarasa ūcuḥ | lobhāvṛto hyayaṃ vipro lobhātpāpasya saṃgrahaḥ | hanūmanteśvare rājanye mṛtāḥ sattvamāsthitāḥ
அப்சரஸ்கள் கூறினார்கள்— இந்தப் பிராமணன் பேராசையால் மூடப்பட்டவன்; பேராசையிலிருந்தே பாவச் சேர்க்கை உண்டாகிறது. ஆனால் ஹனூமந்தேஸ்வரத்தில் அரசகுலத்தார் என இறந்தவர்கள் சத்த்வநிலையை அடைந்தனர்.
Apsarases
Tirtha: Hanūmanteśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied royal interlocutor within the episode (context continues with Śatabāhu)
Scene: Apsarases speak as luminous witnesses, pointing to a brāhmaṇa clouded by greed; in the background stands a Śiva-linga shrine named Hanūmanteśvara, with royal warriors’ souls rising upward in sattva.
FAQs
Greed obscures dharma and gathers sin, while dying in a sanctified field of merit like Hanūmanteśvara is portrayed as leading to sattva and upliftment.
Hanūmanteśvara, explicitly named as the place where an auspicious spiritual state is attained.
No explicit ritual; it gives an ethical diagnosis (lobha) and a tīrtha-based spiritual outcome (attaining sattva).