Matsya Purana 184.35

184.35

devadānavagandharva yakṣarakṣomahoragāḥ.
avimuktamupāsante tanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇāḥ .. 184.35 ..

The body made of clay and fat becomes purified at Avimukta tîrtha because Lord Śiva keeps guard there Consequently, the learned do not bury there The devotees who worship Śiva, then merge in Him like the offering of clarified butter in the fire They consider their souls blessed on merging in the Lord, and the Ṛiṣis Devas Yatis, Râkṣasas reside in Avimukta-tîrtha and devote themselves to meditation and sacrifices, etc No one dying there goes to hell There, by the favour of Śiva, every being gets his final bliss This tîrtha is two-and a half yôjanas in extent towards the east and the west. The rivers Vârâṇasî, etc, at the distance of half a yôjana from each other are situated there, and the Śukla river flows alongside.—33-40