Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवमुक्तः स राजेंद्रो दिव्यकांतिवपुस्तदा । तं विमानमथारुह्य गतः स्वर्गं च तैः सह
pulastya uvāca | evamuktaḥ sa rājeṃdro divyakāṃtivapustadā | taṃ vimānamathāruhya gataḥ svargaṃ ca taiḥ saha
পুলস্ত্য বললেন—এভাবে উপদেশ পেয়ে সেই রাজশ্রেষ্ঠ তখন দিব্য কান্তিতে দীপ্ত হলেন। অতঃপর তিনি সেই বিমানে আরোহণ করে তাঁদের সঙ্গে স্বর্গে গমন করলেন।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Kulasaṃtāraṇa
Type: ghat
Listener: Yayāti
Scene: Pulastya narrates as the king’s body shines; the king steps onto a celestial vimāna surrounded by luminous beings and rises skyward from the tīrtha bank.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s merit can transform and elevate a person, culminating in auspicious posthumous destiny symbolized by ascent to Svarga.
The context continues the Kulasaṃtāraṇa-tīrtha Māhātmya within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No direct ritual is stated in this verse; it narrates the फल (result)—ascent to heaven—following prior tīrtha-related merit.