Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64
गताः स्वर्गप्रसादात्ते दिव्यरूपवपुर्धराः । ये पुनः स्वर्गताः पूर्वं युध्यमाना महाहवे
gatāḥ svargaprasādātte divyarūpavapurdharāḥ | ye punaḥ svargatāḥ pūrvaṃ yudhyamānā mahāhave
“સ્વર્ગપ્રસાદથી તેઓ દિવ્યરૂપ ધારણ કરીને સ્વર્ગે ગયા છે; અને જે પહેલાં મહાયુદ્ધમાં યુદ્ધ કરતાં કરતાં સ્વર્ગપ્રાપ્ત થયા હતા…”
Aśarīriṇī vāk (continuing)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra (Śakra/Vāsava)
Scene: Liberated beings rise toward svarga, now radiant and ornamented with divine bodies; celestial gates, apsaras, and light-filled clouds appear above the ritual ground.
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Meritorious rites done at a tīrtha can elevate the departed to higher states, even granting celestial existence.
Gayā, presented as a place where śrāddha generates extraordinary upliftment for the departed.
Śrāddha as a merit-producing rite whose fruit includes svarga-gati for the intended recipients.
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