Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
भूर्लोकाच्च भुवर्लोको ब्रध्नावधिरुदाहृतः । आदित्यादाध्रुवं विप्र स्वर्लोक इति गीयते
bhūrlokācca bhuvarloko bradhnāvadhirudāhṛtaḥ | ādityādādhruvaṃ vipra svarloka iti gīyate
ଭୂର୍ଲୋକର ଉପରେ ଭୁବର୍ଲୋକ ବ୍ରଧ୍ନ-ପ୍ରଦେଶ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ; ହେ ବିପ୍ର, ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟରୁ ଧ୍ରୁବ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ‘ସ୍ୱର୍ଲୋକ’ ବୋଲି ଗୀତ।
Skanda
Listener: Brāhmaṇa addressee (explicit ‘vipra’)
Scene: A layered sky: lower atmospheric band labeled Bhuvar, rising to a threshold ‘Bradhna’; above, a radiant solar disc marking the start of Svar, extending upward to Dhruva as the upper limit.
FAQs
Higher worlds are mapped as moral-spiritual horizons; dharmic living is implied as the path that aligns one with higher realms.
None; the verse defines loka-boundaries rather than praising a particular place like Kāśī.
No ritual instruction is given here.