Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
क्रीडते दैवतैः सार्द्धं सिद्धगन्धर्वसंस्तुतः । ततः स्वर्गात्परिभ्रष्टो राजा भवति वीर्यवान्
krīḍate daivataiḥ sārddhaṃ siddhagandharvasaṃstutaḥ | tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo rājā bhavati vīryavān
तो देवतांसह क्रीडा करतो, सिद्ध व गंधर्वांनी स्तुत होतो। नंतर पुण्य क्षीण झाल्यावर स्वर्गातून च्युत होऊन तो पराक्रमी, वीर्यवान राजा होतो।
Narrator (Skanda Purāṇa voice) concluding the svarga-phala narrative to a Pāṇḍava listener
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: tirtha
Scene: A celestial playground where the blessed soul plays with devas; siddhas and gandharvas sing praises. In a second visual beat, the same soul descends toward earth, foreshadowing rebirth as a powerful king.
FAQs
Puṇya brings celestial honor and, after its exhaustion, a favorable rebirth—here described as powerful kingship aligned with dharma.
The Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha context (Revā/Narmadā sacred circuit) whose rites are said to generate these fruits.
No new prescription; it completes the promised results of the earlier tīrtha-bathing, pitṛ rites, and dharmic discipline.