Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
यस्तत्र त्यजति प्राणान्कृत्वा प्रायोपवेशनम् । न च भूयोऽत्र संसारे स जन्माप्नोति ।मानवः
yastatra tyajati prāṇānkṛtvā prāyopaveśanam | na ca bhūyo'tra saṃsāre sa janmāpnoti |mānavaḥ
ผู้ใด ณ ที่นั้นสละชีวิตด้วยการประกอบปราโยปเวศนะ (อดอาหารจนสิ้นลม) ผู้นั้นย่อมไม่กลับมาเกิดอีกในวัฏสงสารนี้
Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Śūdrakeśvara (kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An aged or resolved pilgrim sits facing the liṅga and the rivers, body thin from fasting, eyes steady in meditation; attendants maintain silence, lamps flicker, and the river breeze moves prayer-flags or leaves.
FAQs
A sacred place is presented as a mokṣa-field where the highest renunciatory resolve can culminate in freedom from rebirth.
The same Gaṅgā–Yamunā tīrtha environment associated with Śūdrakeśvara.
Prāyopaveśana—religiously sanctioned fasting unto death—performed at the tīrtha.