Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
इत्युक्त्वा भगवाञ्छंभुस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । बुधः स्वर्लोकमगमद्देवदेवप्रसादतः
ityuktvā bhagavāñchaṃbhustatraivāṃtaradhīyata | budhaḥ svarlokamagamaddevadevaprasādataḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് ഭഗവാൻ ശംഭു അവിടെയേ അന്തർധാനം ചെയ്തു. ദേവദേവന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ബുധൻ സ്വർഗ്ഗലോകത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി।
Narrator (Skanda to Agastya, contextually)
Tirtha: Budheśvara/Candreśvara vicinity in Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience of the Kāśī-māhātmya discourse
Scene: Śiva Śaṃbhu, after speaking, dissolves into light at the shrine; Budha, hands folded, rises and ascends toward Svarga, the path marked by a beam of radiance.
FAQs
Divine grace (prasāda) is the decisive force that elevates the devotee after sincere worship.
The Budheśvara-liṅga setting in Kāśī, where Śiva grants Budha a heavenly attainment.
No explicit rite is stated here; it concludes the episode by stating the fruit—Budha’s ascent to Svarga through Śiva’s favor.