Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
अन्यजातेर्मृतस्याथ धृता वापि विवाहिता । वैश्वानरस्य मार्गेण सा तमुद्धरते पतिम्
anyajātermṛtasyātha dhṛtā vāpi vivāhitā | vaiśvānarasya mārgeṇa sā tamuddharate patim
اگر کسی دوسری جاتی کے مرد کے مرنے کے بعد وہ عورت کہیں اور لے لی جائے یا اس کا نکاح کر دیا جائے، تب بھی ویشوانر کے مارگ کے ذریعے وہ اُس شوہر کو اُدھار کر کے نجات دلا سکتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual scene centered on sacred fire (Vaiśvānara): a woman offers oblations into a homa-kunda; from the flames a luminous path rises, guiding a departed figure upward—symbolizing ‘uddhāra’ through Agni’s route.
FAQs
Puranic dharma frames ‘upliftment’ of the departed as possible through spiritually sanctioned means associated with sacred fire (Vaiśvānara).
No specific location is named in this verse; it uses a doctrinal motif (Vaiśvānara) within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
Implicitly references the ‘Vaiśvānara path’—a fire-linked dharmic means—without detailing a specific rite in this śloka.