Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
तत्र तीर्थे मृतानां तु जन्तूनां नृपसत्तम । गर्भवासे मतिस्तेषां न जायेत कदाचन
tatra tīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu jantūnāṃ nṛpasattama | garbhavāse matisteṣāṃ na jāyeta kadācana
اے بہترین بادشاہ! اس تیرتھ میں جن جانداروں کی موت ہو جائے، ان کے لیے دوبارہ رحمِ مادر میں ٹھہرنے کی حالت کبھی پیدا نہیں ہوتی۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Siddheśvara tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: King (nṛpasattama)
Scene: A serene riverbank at Siddheśvara: a dying pilgrim attended by family/priest, Śiva shrine nearby; the soul depicted as rising toward light, while the dark motif of ‘womb-return’ is absent—replaced by open sky and liberation imagery.
FAQs
Certain tīrthas are praised as granting exceptional posthumous merit, even freedom from the cycle that leads back to womb-birth.
Siddheśvara Tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) region.
No new rite is prescribed; it states a phala (result) connected with dying at that sacred place.