Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
असिधारं गिरिं प्राप्य वशिष्ठस्य तपस्विनः । गुरुर्हिरण्यगर्भाख्यः पंचत्वमगमत्तदा
asidhāraṃ giriṃ prāpya vaśiṣṭhasya tapasvinaḥ | gururhiraṇyagarbhākhyaḥ paṃcatvamagamattadā
เมื่อฤๅษีผู้บำเพ็ญตบะ วสิษฐะ ไปถึงภูเขาอสิธารา ครั้นนั้นคุรุของท่านผู้มีนามว่า หิรัณยครรภะ ก็ถึงปัญจัตวะ—หลอมรวมคืนสู่ธาตุทั้งห้า (สิ้นชีพ)
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Asidhāra-giri (on Kedāra route)
Type: peak
Listener: Ṛṣi-audience
Scene: Vasiṣṭha, austere and radiant, arrives at a sharp, blade-like mountain ridge (Asidhāra). Nearby, the guru Hiraṇyagarbha lies in yogic composure as the body returns to the elements; surrounding ascetics witness in silence.
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Pilgrimage narratives frame death as sacred transition; the guru’s pañcatva becomes part of the tīrtha’s dharma-story.
Mount Asidhāra, appearing as a sacred waypoint within the Kedāra–Kailāsa sacred geography.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it records a pivotal event (pañcatva) in the pilgrimage account.