Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
त्वत्पुत्री शूलभेदे तु तपः कृत्वा स्वशक्तितः । विसृज्य चैव सात्मानं तस्मिंस्तीर्थे दिवं ययौ
tvatputrī śūlabhede tu tapaḥ kṛtvā svaśaktitaḥ | visṛjya caiva sātmānaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe divaṃ yayau
تمہاری بیٹی نے شُول بھید میں اپنی طاقت بھر تپسیا کی؛ اور اسی تیرتھ پر اپنا جسم ترک کر کے وہ سُورگ کو چلی گئی۔
Bhānumatī (message to be delivered via brāhmaṇas)
Tirtha: Śūlabheda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (as recipients of the message to be conveyed)
Scene: A sacred spot named Śūlabheda: the woman, emaciated from austerity yet radiant, sits or stands in meditative resolve; the moment of leaving the body is depicted as a luminous ascent toward the heavens.
FAQs
Austerity performed with sincere capacity at a sanctified tīrtha becomes a vehicle for elevated destiny; intention and sacred place together shape the fruit.
Śūlabheda Tīrtha is explicitly named and praised as a place where tapas and final relinquishing of the body lead to heavenly attainment.
Tapas (austerity) undertaken at Śūlabheda; the verse also alludes to the tīrtha-based ideal of leaving the body in a sacred place as a culminating religious act.