Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
ब्रह्मचर्येण यो मासांश्चतुरोऽपि नयेन्नरः । विमानवरमारूढः स स्वर्गे स्वेच्छया वसेत्
brahmacaryeṇa yo māsāṃścaturo'pi nayennaraḥ | vimānavaramārūḍhaḥ sa svarge svecchayā vaset
ಯಾವ ನರನು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚರ್ಯದಿಂದ ನಾಲ್ಕು ತಿಂಗಳುಗಳನ್ನೂ ಕಳೆಯುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಅವನು ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ವಿಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಆರೂಢನಾಗಿ ಸ್ವರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವೇಚ್ಛೆಯಿಂದ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Sūta (deduced from Māhātmya-style narration in Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A restrained ascetic-devotee observing Cāturmāsya, seated in meditation with a rosary; above, a radiant vimāna awaits in the sky as symbolic fruit.
FAQs
Self-mastery through brahmacarya is celebrated as a royal spiritual power that yields exalted heavenly attainments.
No particular tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies the vow itself within a Māhātmya discourse.
Observing brahmacarya for the four-month Cāturmāsya period.
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