Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
वृत्र उवाच । ब्रह्मलोकं गतः शक्रो भयाद्गुरुकुलोद्वह । कथं गतिर्भवेत्तत्र मम ब्रूहि यथातथम्
vṛtra uvāca | brahmalokaṃ gataḥ śakro bhayādgurukulodvaha | kathaṃ gatirbhavettatra mama brūhi yathātatham
বৃত্র বলল—হে গুরুকুলের শ্রেষ্ঠ! ভয়ে শক্র ব্রহ্মলোকে গিয়েছে। সেখানে আমার গতি কীভাবে হবে? সত্য ও যথাযথভাবে আমাকে বলুন।
Vṛtra
Listener: brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: Vṛtra, imposing and armored, addresses Śukra with urgency; in the background a faint celestial city indicates Brahmaloka, while a smaller figure of Indra is shown fleeing upward.
FAQs
Higher realms are not reached merely by force; eligibility and cosmic law govern access beyond ordinary dominion.
No earthly tīrtha is mentioned; the verse concerns Brahmaloka in Purāṇic cosmology.
None; it is an inquiry about means of reaching a higher loka.