Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
भूर्लोकाच्च भुवर्लोको ब्रध्नावधिरुदाहृतः । आदित्यादाध्रुवं विप्र स्वर्लोक इति गीयते
bhūrlokācca bhuvarloko bradhnāvadhirudāhṛtaḥ | ādityādādhruvaṃ vipra svarloka iti gīyate
Por encima de Bhūrloka, se dice que Bhuvarloka se extiende hasta la región de Bradhna. Y, oh brāhmaṇa, desde el Sol hasta Dhruva se canta como Svargaloka (Svarloka).
Skanda
Listener: Brāhmaṇa addressee (explicit ‘vipra’)
Scene: A layered sky: lower atmospheric band labeled Bhuvar, rising to a threshold ‘Bradhna’; above, a radiant solar disc marking the start of Svar, extending upward to Dhruva as the upper limit.
FAQs
Higher worlds are mapped as moral-spiritual horizons; dharmic living is implied as the path that aligns one with higher realms.
None; the verse defines loka-boundaries rather than praising a particular place like Kāśī.
No ritual instruction is given here.