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
அப்போது தெய்வத் தொண்டர்கள் என்னை வேறொரு உடலுடன் எடுத்துக் கொண்டு, அந்த விமானத்தில் ஏற்றி, பிரம்மாவின் திருவீட்டினை நோக்கி அழைத்துச் சென்றனர்.
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.
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