Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
बुभुक्षा नैव तृष्णा च निद्रालस्ये न च प्रभो । रंभाद्यप्सरसो मुख्या गंधर्वास्तुंबरादयः । रमयंति नरं तत्र गीतैर्नृत्यैरनेकशः
bubhukṣā naiva tṛṣṇā ca nidrālasye na ca prabho | raṃbhādyapsaraso mukhyā gaṃdharvāstuṃbarādayaḥ | ramayaṃti naraṃ tatra gītairnṛtyairanekaśaḥ
हे प्रभो! तिथे ना भूक ना तहान, ना झोप ना आळस. रंभा इत्यादी प्रमुख अप्सरा आणि तुंबर इत्यादी गंधर्व अनेक प्रकारच्या गीत-नृत्यांनी तिथे मनुष्याला रमवितात.
Devadūta
Tirtha: Svarga (Indra-loka/Amarāvatī implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mudgala
Scene: A radiant celestial court: apsaras like Rambhā dance, gandharvas like Tumbara sing and play instruments; the atmosphere is effortless—no hunger, thirst, or fatigue—only refined delight.
FAQs
Svarga is portrayed as a realm of refined enjoyment and ease; the teaching later contrasts this pleasure with its impermanence.
This verse describes svarga rather than a terrestrial tīrtha; it serves the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative that motivates higher spiritual aims.
None; it is descriptive cosmology of svarga’s comforts.