तत्र स्वर्गसुखं भुक्त्वा पुण्यक्षयकरं महत् । पुण्यक्षयेऽपि यज्वानो मर्त्यलोकं पतंति वै
tatra svargasukhaṃ bhuktvā puṇyakṣayakaraṃ mahat | puṇyakṣaye'pi yajvāno martyalokaṃ pataṃti vai
هناك يذوقون نعيم السماء، وهو نعيم يستهلك رصيد البرّ استهلاكًا عظيمًا؛ فإذا نفد ذلك البرّ سقط حتى المضحّون يقينًا إلى عالم البشر الفاني.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / dvijas
Scene: A celestial court where a sacrificer enjoys svarga delights; beneath, a fading aura/garland symbolizes merit depletion, and a downward path back to earth appears—teaching impermanence.
Heavenly rewards are impermanent because they consume merit; lasting freedom requires a transcendent goal beyond svarga.
The verse appears within Kedāra’s teaching sequence, contrasting svarga’s temporariness with Śiva’s liberating grace.
No new ritual is prescribed; it explains the karmic consequence of svarga as the fruit of yajña.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.