Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19
तत्र तीर्थे मृतानां तु जन्तूनां सर्वदा किल । अनिवर्तिका भवेत्तेषां गतिस्तु शिवमन्दिरात्
tatra tīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu jantūnāṃ sarvadā kila | anivartikā bhavetteṣāṃ gatistu śivamandirāt
یقیناً جو جاندار اس تیرتھ میں مر جائیں، ان کی گتی ناقابلِ واپسی کہی گئی ہے؛ شیو دھام سے آگے ہی ان کی منزل ہے—ادنیٰ حالتوں کی طرف لوٹنا نہیں۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from passage continuity)
Tirtha: (Unnamed in this verse) Revā-tīrtha of chapter 175
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (rājendra)
Scene: A serene depiction of a departing soul at a riverbank tīrtha, guided by Śiva’s attendants toward a luminous Śiva-mandira realm, emphasizing peace and non-return.
FAQs
A supremely sanctified place is portrayed as granting an exalted, non-returning destiny aligned with Śiva.
A Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha described as so holy that death there is linked with an irreversible auspicious passage.
No new ritual is prescribed; the verse states the tīrtha’s extraordinary soteriological potency regarding death at the site.