Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
मामन्येन शरीरेण समादाय च किंकराः । तत्रारोप्य ततः प्राप्ता ब्रह्मणः सदनं प्रति
māmanyena śarīreṇa samādāya ca kiṃkarāḥ | tatrāropya tataḥ prāptā brahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ prati
तेव्हा दिव्य किंकरांनी मला दुसऱ्या देहासह उचलून त्या विमानावर बसविले आणि मला ब्रह्मदेवाच्या धामाकडे नेले.
Unspecified (same repentant former king speaking)
Type: kund
Listener: viprendra
Scene: Divine attendants lift the pilgrim’s subtle form into a radiant alternate body, seat him in a vimāna, and fly toward a luminous cosmic palace identified as Brahmā’s abode; clouds part, light streams.
FAQs
Sacred merit (puṇya) can elevate the soul’s journey after death, granting auspicious realms and divine guidance.
The tīrtha where the speaker bathed and died; its efficacy is proven by ascent to Brahmā’s abode.
No new rite; it describes the result (phala) following the earlier snāna/immersion.