Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 55, Shloka 17
Adhyaya 55 — Description of Jambudvipa: The Four Forests, Lakes, and Mountain Ranges Around Mount Meru; Bharata as the Karma-Bhumi
पुण्योपभोगा एवोक्ता देवानामपि तास्वपि ।
शीतान्ताद्येषु चैतषु शैलेषु द्विजसत्तम ॥
puṇyopabhogā evoktā devānām api tāsv api | śītāntādayeṣu caitaṣu śaileṣu dvijasattama ||
Even for the gods, those regions are said to be places for the enjoyment of merit. And so too in these mountains beginning with Śītānta, O best among the twice-born.
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FAQs
Even divine stations are not absolute liberation; they are arenas for experiencing earned merit, implying that transcendence (mokṣa) requires something beyond mere elevation of status.
Sthāna: mapping who inhabits which realms and what function those realms serve (bhoga of puṇya).
‘Devas too merely enjoy puṇya’ hints that all conditioned states—human or divine—remain within saṃsāra unless insight into the Self/Reality is attained.