Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
यस्तत्र त्यजति प्राणाञ्छ्रद्धा युक्तेन चेतसा । स मोक्षमाप्नुयान्मर्त्यो यद्यपि स्यात्सुपापकृत्
yastatra tyajati prāṇāñchraddhā yuktena cetasā | sa mokṣamāpnuyānmartyo yadyapi syātsupāpakṛt
Ai xả bỏ mạng sống tại nơi ấy với tâm trí đầy tín tâm—người phàm ấy đạt được giải thoát (mokṣa), dù trước kia đã phạm những tội lỗi cực trọng.
Sūta
Type: tirtha
Listener: kingly audience
Scene: A dying pilgrim on the tīrtha’s bank, attended by family and ascetics; the pilgrim’s mind is steady in faith, while a gentle Śiva-light (or Tripurāri’s presence) draws the subtle self upward; dark sin-forms dissolve at the water’s edge.
FAQs
Faithful surrender at a sanctified Śaiva tīrtha is depicted as transformative enough to overcome even heavy karmic burdens and lead to mokṣa.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha of this chapter, presented as a mokṣa-prada (liberation-giving) place.
Not a ritual but a condition: departing life there with śraddhā (faithful consciousness).