Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87
जपंतः कामिनीयुक्ता विहरंत्यमरा इव । अथ ते संप्रवक्ष्यामि ऊर्ध्वलोकस्य संस्थितिम्
japaṃtaḥ kāminīyuktā viharaṃtyamarā iva | atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi ūrdhvalokasya saṃsthitim
Im Japa versunken, von himmlischen Gefährtinnen begleitet, ergehen sie sich wie die Unsterblichen. Nun will ich dir die Ordnung und Beschaffenheit der höheren Welten darlegen.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Listener: Kauravya
Scene: Radiant japa-siddhas in a celestial garden, accompanied by divine consorts, moving like devas; above them, layered luminous spheres hinting at the coming explanation of higher worlds.
FAQs
Japa is praised as a cause of exalted post-mortem states, and it introduces a teaching on higher-world cosmology.
No specific site is named; the verse transitions toward a description of the higher realms (ūrdhva-loka).
Japa (repetitive sacred recitation) is the explicit practice.