Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
सोऽपि तेनैव रूपेण तस्य संदर्शनं गतः । स्वप्नांऽते भूमिपालस्य तद्वच्चोक्त्वा दिवं गतः
so'pi tenaiva rūpeṇa tasya saṃdarśanaṃ gataḥ | svapnāṃ'te bhūmipālasya tadvaccoktvā divaṃ gataḥ
അവനും അതേ രൂപത്തിൽ ഭൂമിപാലന്റെ സ്വപ്നാന്തത്തിൽ ദർശനം നൽകി; മുൻപുപോലെ അതേ വാക്കുകൾ പറഞ്ഞ് സ്വർഗത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി.
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta-style narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A second dream-vision: the same radiant figure appears again in identical celestial form, repeats the blessing, then ascends upward as the vimāna recedes into the brightening sky.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives stress certainty of dharma’s fruit: righteous rites yield repeatable, confirmable outcomes.
The episode continues to glorify Gayāśiras indirectly through the repeated heavenly ascent.
None newly stated; it reinforces the efficacy of the previously performed śrāddha.