Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा कुरुते प्राणसंक्षयम् । स गच्छेद्यदि युक्तोऽपि पापेन शिवमन्दिरम्
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā kurute prāṇasaṃkṣayam | sa gacchedyadi yukto'pi pāpena śivamandiram
اور اس تیرتھ میں جو کوئی اشنان کرکے پھر پران تیاگ دے، وہ—اگرچہ گناہ کے بوجھ سے بھی دبا ہو—شیو کے دھام، شیو کے دیویہ مندر (لوک) کو پہنچتا ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (context continuation)
Tirtha: Gopeśvara
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee, having bathed at the river-ghāṭa, lies peacefully under a tree near the Gopeśvara shrine; subtle divine attendants indicate passage to Śiva’s abode.
FAQs
The purifying power of a great tīrtha is exalted as capable of overriding even heavy sin, directing the soul toward Śiva.
The same Gopeśvara tīrtha referenced in Adhyāya 162.
Snāna at the tīrtha; the verse then states the promised result at death after such bathing.