Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
क्रीडित्वा च यथाकामं रुद्रलोके महातपाः । इह मानुष्यतां प्राप्य राजा भवति धार्मिकः
krīḍitvā ca yathākāmaṃ rudraloke mahātapāḥ | iha mānuṣyatāṃ prāpya rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ
रुद्रलोकी यथाकाम क्रीडा करून तो महातपस्वी, येथे पुन्हा मानुष्यजन्म घेऊन धर्मशील राजा होतो।
Mārkaṇḍeya (context continuation)
Tirtha: Gopeśvara (implied causal tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous Rudra-loka where an ascetic enjoys divine delights; then a transition scene showing his rebirth as a crowned, dharmic king on earth.
FAQs
Tīrtha devotion is said to elevate one to divine realms and later to a dhārmic, socially beneficial human life.
The Gopeśvara tīrtha sequence in Adhyāya 162 (continuation of its promised fruits).
Implicitly the same snāna and pūjā previously stated; this verse details the subsequent fruits.