Skandapurana 4.7.74.3

4.7.74.3

nityaśrāddhaṃ bhūtabaliṃ tathā'tithi samarcanam ..
viśantyanyāni dattvā ca praśasyāni yamālaye .. 31 ..
na yamaṃ yamadūtāṃśca nayāmīrapi yātanāḥ..
paśyanti te puṇayabhājo naitaccāpi kṛtaṃ mayā..32..
kṛcchracāṃdrāyaṇādīni tathā naktavratāni ca..
śarīraśuddhikārīṇi na kṛtāni kvacinmayā..33..
gavāhnikaṃ ca nodattaṃ kokaṃḍūtirna vai kṛtā..
noddhṛtā paṃkamagnā gaurgolokasukhadāyinī.. 34..
nārthinaḥ prārthitairarthaiḥ kṛtārthā hi mayā kṛtāḥ..
dehidehīti jalpāko bhaviṣyāmyanyajanmani.. 35..
na vedā na ca śāstrāṇi nārdho dārā na no sutaḥ..
na kṣetraṃ na ca harmyādi māyāṃtamanuyāsyati..36..
śivaśarmeti saṃciṃtya buddhiṃ saṃdhāya sarvataḥ..
niścikāya manasyevaṃ bhavetkṣemataraṃ mama ..37..
yāvatsvasthosti me deho yāvanneṃdriyaviklavaḥ..
tāvatsvaśreyasāṃ hetuṃ tīrthayātrāṃ karomyaham.. 38..
dināni paṃcapāṇyevamativāhya gṛho dvijaḥ..
śubhe tithau śubhe vāre śubhalagnabale dvijaḥ..39..
upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ prātaḥ śrāddhaṃ vidhāya ca..
gaṇeśānbrāhmaṇānnatvā bhuktvā prasthitavānsudhīḥ..4.1.7.40..
iti niścitya nirvāṇapadaniḥśreṇikāṃ parām..
sarveṣāmeva jaṃtūnāṃ tatra saṃsthitikāriṇām..41..
atha paṃthānamākramya kiyaṃtamapi sa dvijaḥ..
muhūrtaṃ pathi viśramyāciṃtayatprākkva yāmyaham..42..
bhuvi tīrthānyanekāni lolamāyuścalaṃ manaḥ..
tataḥ saptapurīryāyāṃ sarvatīrthāni tatra yat.. 43..
ayodhyāṃ ca purīṃ gatvā sarayūmavagāhya ca ..
tattattīrtheṣu saṃtarpya pitṝnpiṃḍapradānataḥ..44..
paṃcarātramuṣitvā tu brāhmaṇānparibhojya ca ..
prayāgamagamadviprastīrtharājaṃ suhṛṣṭavat .. 45 ..

The daily śrāddha, offerings to living beings, and the worship of guests— / after giving these and other praiseworthy gifts, men enter the realm of Yama. / 31
Those who possess merit do not see Yama, nor Yama's messengers, nor the torments of Yama; / but even this was not performed by me. / 32
Severe penances such as kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa, as well as vows observed at night, / which purify the body, were never performed by me. / 33
The daily food for cows was not given, nor was scratching [their itch] done; / a cow stuck in the mud, bestowing the joy of Goloka, was never pulled out. / 34
Suppliants were not satisfied by me with the things they sought; / in another life I shall be a babbler crying, ‘Give, give!’ / 35
Neither the Vedas, nor the sacred scriptures, nor wealth, nor wife, nor our son, / nor field, nor mansion will follow me as I depart. / 36
Thinking thus, Śivaśarman focused his mind from every side / and resolved in his mind: ‘Thus will it be better for me: / 37
As long as my body is sound, as long as my senses are not agitated, / so long will I undertake a pilgrimage to sacred fords, the cause of my own highest good.’ / 38
Having passed five or six days thus at home, the twice-born / on an auspicious lunar day, an auspicious day of the week, through the power of an auspicious ascendant, the twice-born, / 39
having fasted for one night and performed a śrāddha in the morning, / bowing to Gaṇeśa and the brahmins, and having eaten, the wise man departed, / 40
having resolved thus upon the supreme stairway to the state of nirvāṇa / for all creatures dwelling there. / 41
Then, traversing some distance on the path, that twice-born, / resting for a moment on the road, thought: ‘Where shall I go first? / 42
There are many sacred fords on earth; life is fickle and the mind unsteady; / therefore, let me go to the seven cities, for all sacred fords are there.’ / 43
Going to the city of Ayodhyā and bathing in the Sarayū, / having gratified the ancestors at the respective sacred fords through the offering of rice-balls, / 44
staying for five nights and feeding the brahmins, / the twice-born, filled with great joy, went to Prayāga, the king of sacred fords, / 45