Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
संति स्वर्गा बहुविधाः सुखेतर विवर्जिता । सुकृतैकफलाः सर्वे युक्ताः सर्वसमृद्धिभिः
saṃti svargā bahuvidhāḥ sukhetara vivarjitā | sukṛtaikaphalāḥ sarve yuktāḥ sarvasamṛddhibhiḥ
സ്വർഗങ്ങൾ പലവിധം ഉണ്ട്, ദുഃഖസംബന്ധം ഇല്ലാത്തവ; അവ എല്ലാം പുണ്യത്തിന്റെ ഏകഫലവും സർവസമൃദ്ധികളാൽ സമന്വിതവുമാണ്।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Svarga (general)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A celestial assembly of diverse svargas: jeweled palaces, wish-fulfilling trees, serene beings enjoying unalloyed happiness; the idea of 'many heavens' shown as layered luminous realms.
FAQs
Heavenly enjoyment is a merit-born result; it is pleasurable and prosperous, yet still a product of karma.
No specific site is named; it provides cosmological context within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative.
Not directly; it implies that sukṛta (merit) arises from dharmic acts such as dāna, vrata, and tapas.