Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
ततोऽपि द्विगुणं द्वीपं प्लक्षनामेति विश्रुतम् । क्षीरोदो द्विगुणस्तत्र यत्रयत्रमहर्षयः । षडिमानि सुदिव्यानि भौमः स्वर्ग उदाहृतः । तत्र स्वर्णमयी भूमिस्तथा रजतसंयुता
tato'pi dviguṇaṃ dvīpaṃ plakṣanāmeti viśrutam | kṣīrodo dviguṇastatra yatrayatramaharṣayaḥ | ṣaḍimāni sudivyāni bhaumaḥ svarga udāhṛtaḥ | tatra svarṇamayī bhūmistathā rajatasaṃyutā
Au-delà se trouve un autre continent, deux fois plus vaste, renommé Plakṣa. Là, l’océan de lait (Kṣīra) est double en étendue, et en maints lieux demeurent de grands sages. Ces six domaines sont dits éminemment divins, proclamés comme un ciel sur la terre, où le sol est d’or et paré aussi d’argent.
Unspecified in snippet (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)
Tirtha: Plakṣadvīpa (cosmographic dvīpa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brilliant continent named Plakṣa, encircled by a luminous milk-ocean; great sages reside in scattered hermitages. The earth itself gleams—golden plains inlaid with silver veins—suggesting a terrestrial heaven.
FAQs
A ‘heaven on earth’ is defined not merely by splendor (gold and silver) but by the presence of maharṣis—wisdom sanctifies geography.
The verse speaks of Plakṣa-dvīpa and the Kṣīroda (milk ocean) in Purāṇic cosmography, not a named Indian tīrtha.
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