Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87
जपंतः कामिनीयुक्ता विहरंत्यमरा इव । अथ ते संप्रवक्ष्यामि ऊर्ध्वलोकस्य संस्थितिम्
japaṃtaḥ kāminīyuktā viharaṃtyamarā iva | atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi ūrdhvalokasya saṃsthitim
Entregues ao japa, acompanhados de consortes celestes, eles se recreiam como os imortais. Agora te explicarei a ordem e a condição dos mundos superiores.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Listener: Kauravya
Scene: Radiant japa-siddhas in a celestial garden, accompanied by divine consorts, moving like devas; above them, layered luminous spheres hinting at the coming explanation of higher worlds.
FAQs
Japa is praised as a cause of exalted post-mortem states, and it introduces a teaching on higher-world cosmology.
No specific site is named; the verse transitions toward a description of the higher realms (ūrdhva-loka).
Japa (repetitive sacred recitation) is the explicit practice.