Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
पराङ्मुखा मृता ये च पलायनपरायणाः । तेषामपि गतिं ब्रूहि यादृग्जायेतवाच्युत
parāṅmukhā mṛtā ye ca palāyanaparāyaṇāḥ | teṣāmapi gatiṃ brūhi yādṛgjāyetavācyuta
اور جو لوگ پیٹھ پھیر کر، صرف بھاگنے کی نیت سے مر جاتے ہیں—اے اَچْیُت! اُن کی بھی گتی بتائیے؛ وہ کس حالت کو پہنچتے ہیں؟
Indra (Vṛtrahā)
Tirtha: Dhārātīrtha (contextually implied)
Type: tirtha
Scene: Indra (or a questioner) asks Acyuta/Vishnu about the fate of those who die while fleeing, backs turned, amid a chaotic battlefield near a sacred ford; the mood is tense and morally charged.
FAQs
Dharma evaluates not only the event of death but also inner disposition—steadfastness versus cowardly flight—especially when death occurs in a sacred context.
Dhārātīrtha (by immediate context of the Adhyāya).
None; the verse asks about moral-spiritual consequence (gati).