Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
यस्यास्थीनि जले तत्र क्षिप्यंते मनुजस्य च । अपि पाप समाचारः स प्राप्नोति परां गतिम्
yasyāsthīni jale tatra kṣipyaṃte manujasya ca | api pāpa samācāraḥ sa prāpnoti parāṃ gatim
جس انسان کی ہڈیاں وہاں کے پانی میں ڈال دی جائیں، وہ اگرچہ گناہ آلودہ زندگی گزارا ہو، تب بھی اعلیٰ ترین منزل پاتا ہے۔
Narrator (phalaśruti; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: A family at the water’s edge gently releases a small cloth bundle of ashes/bones into the current; priest offers tarpaṇa; mood is solemn yet hopeful; the water glows subtly to indicate salvific power.
FAQs
The redemptive power of a great tīrtha extends even to post-death rites, emphasizing mercy and purification in sacred geography.
The waters of Viṣṇupadī tīrtha (the ‘there’ where bones are immersed).
Asti-kṣepa/visarjana: casting a person’s bones into the tīrtha water as part of funerary observances.