Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 101
अष्टाविंशतिकोट्यो वै नरकाणां युधिष्ठिर । विमुक्ता नरकैर्दुःखैः शिवलोकं व्रजन्ति ते
aṣṭāviṃśatikoṭyo vai narakāṇāṃ yudhiṣṭhira | vimuktā narakairduḥkhaiḥ śivalokaṃ vrajanti te
โอ้ ยุธิษฐิระ แดนนรกมีอยู่ถึงยี่สิบแปดโกฏิ ครั้นพ้นจากทุกข์แห่งนรกเหล่านั้นแล้ว เขาทั้งหลายย่อมไปสู่ศิวโลก แดนพระศิวะ
Unspecified; addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira (listener named in-verse)
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa Mokṣa-tīrtha sequence (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Cosmic tableau: layers of hells below, souls being lifted upward by Śiva’s grace toward a luminous Śiva-loka; Yudhiṣṭhira listening to the sage’s assurance.
FAQs
The purāṇa magnifies Śiva-bhakti and tīrtha-dharma as a force that rescues beings from extreme suffering and leads to Śiva’s realm.
The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha tradition of the Revā Khaṇḍa, whose practices are said to grant passage to Śivaloka.
Implicitly, the earlier caturdaśī observance and associated rites culminating in Śiva worship that grants liberation from naraka.