Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79
एवं चितयमानस्य मम नित्यं महीपते । अवांतरेण संजातं ब्रह्मलोकप्रयाणकम्
evaṃ citayamānasya mama nityaṃ mahīpate | avāṃtareṇa saṃjātaṃ brahmalokaprayāṇakam
ഹേ രാജാവേ, ഞാൻ നിത്യവും ഇങ്ങനെ ചിന്തിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ, ഇടയ്ക്കിടെ തന്നെ എനിക്ക് ബ്രഹ്മലോകത്തിലേക്കുള്ള പ്രയാണാവസരം ഉണ്ടായി।
King / elder narrator addressing another king (vocative ‘mahīpate’)
Tirtha: Brahmaloka (as gati-phala, not a terrestrial tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (māhīpati)
Scene: The speaker, still contemplating his plan, is suddenly met by signs of departure—celestial messengers or a luminous path—indicating imminent ascent to Brahmaloka; the king-listener is addressed directly.
FAQs
Even well-intended dhārmic plans are subject to time; one should complete meritorious acts without delay.
No specific earthly tīrtha is named; the verse shifts focus to the heavenly realm of Brahmaloka.
None directly; it notes an impending departure to Brahmaloka, implying fruition of prior merit.