Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21
यत्कीर्तिमात्मनो व्यक्तिं नीत्वाभ्येहि पुनर्दिवम् । शुश्रुवानिति वाचं स ब्रह्मणः पृथिवीपतिः
yatkīrtimātmano vyaktiṃ nītvābhyehi punardivam | śuśruvāniti vācaṃ sa brahmaṇaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
ਆਪਣੀ ਕੀਰਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਸਰੂਪ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਕੇ, ਫਿਰ ਸਵਰਗ ਨੂੰ ਆ ਜਾ। ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਦੇ ਇਹ ਬਚਨ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਧਰਤੀਪਤੀ ਰਾਜਾ ਵਿਸਮਿਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਨਿਮਗਨ ਰਹਿਆ।
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa); quoted speech is Brahmā
Tirtha: Svarga (as phala-loka)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience (implied); internal listener is Indradyumna
Scene: Brahmā blesses the king: ‘Carry your fame and manifest identity and return to heaven’; the king listens in awe, as celestial light opens above like a pathway.
FAQs
Worldly fame and personal identity are transient; higher realms and returns are governed by cosmic law, not human certainty.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues a narrative about cosmic movement and destiny.
None; it is narrative and doctrinal rather than prescriptive.