Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
विष्णुरुवाच । धारातीर्थमृतानां च सन्मुखानां महाहवे । यथा चोच्छिन्नबीजानां पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
viṣṇuruvāca | dhārātīrthamṛtānāṃ ca sanmukhānāṃ mahāhave | yathā cocchinnabījānāṃ punarjanma na vidyate
พระวิษณุตรัสว่า: ผู้ใดสิ้นชีวิต ณ ธาราตีรถะ ในมหาสงครามโดยเผชิญหน้าศัตรู ย่อมไม่มีการเกิดใหม่—ดุจเมล็ดที่ถูกตัดขาดย่อมไม่งอกอีก
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Dhārātīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Indra (Sahasrākṣa) implied by subsequent address; immediate listener may be Indra or a deva interlocutor
Scene: Vishnu speaks authoritatively: those who die at Dhārātīrtha facing the enemy in great battle do not return to rebirth, like severed seeds that cannot sprout; the scene juxtaposes sacred ford and heroic combat.
FAQs
Dhārātīrtha is praised as a liberating sacred place: righteous, front-facing death in dharmic combat is said to cut the root of rebirth.
Dhārātīrtha.
No explicit rite; the teaching states the tīrtha-phala (cessation of rebirth) connected to dharmic valor.