Skandapurana 4.25.74.6

4.25.74.6

kṛtvā pāpasahsrāṇi piśācatvaṃ varaṃtviha ..
na tu kratuśataprāpyaḥ svargaḥ kāśīpurīṃ vinā .. 71 ..
aṃtakāle manuṣyāṇāṃ bhidyamāneṣu marmasu ..
vātenātudyamānānāṃ smṛtirnaivopajāyate .. 72 ..
tatrotkramaṇakāle tu sākṣādviśveśvaraḥ svayam ..
vyācaṣṭe tārakaṃ brahma yenāsau tanmayo bhavet .. 73 ..
aśāśvatamidaṃ jñātvā mānuṣyaṃ bahukilbiṣam ..
avimuktaṃ niṣeveta saṃsārabhayanāśanam .. 74 .

Even after committing thousands of sins, becoming a piśāca here is preferable, / but heaven, attainable through hundreds of sacrifices, is not [desirable] without the city of Kāśī. / At the time of departure, when the vital points of men are pierced, / tormented by wind, memory does not arise at all. / But there, at the time of departure, Viśveśvara himself directly / imparts the liberating Brahman, by which one becomes identified with it. / Knowing this human existence to be impermanent and full of many offenses, / one should reside in Avimukta, which destroys the fear of transmigration.