Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29
हृष्टाः पुष्टा मृता यान्ति शिवलोकं न संशयः । तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या शिवमुद्दिश्य भारत
hṛṣṭāḥ puṣṭā mṛtā yānti śivalokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā śivamuddiśya bhārata
وہ خوش و خرم اور سیر ہو کر اس لوک سے رخصت ہوتے ہیں؛ اور موت کے بعد بے شک شِو کے لوک کو جاتے ہیں۔ اور اے بھارت! جو کوئی اُس تیرتھ میں بھکتی کے ساتھ شِو کو مقصود کر کے—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: Pilgrims at the river tīrtha offer with folded hands toward a Śiva-liṅga or Śiva shrine; a luminous path or aura suggests ascent to Śiva’s world; faces are serene and ‘hṛṣṭa’ (joyful).
FAQs
When gifts and rites are dedicated to Śiva with bhakti at a tīrtha, they become a direct cause for elevated posthumous destiny.
Śuklatīrtha (the tīrtha being praised throughout this passage).
Devotional dedication of acts—especially dāna/rites—explicitly ‘for Śiva’ at the tīrtha.