Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
देवलोकांस्ततो यांति मूलाद्यावच्चतुर्दश । ब्रह्मलोकस्य पर्यंतं स्वकीयैर्य ज्ञकर्मभिः
devalokāṃstato yāṃti mūlādyāvaccaturdaśa | brahmalokasya paryaṃtaṃ svakīyairya jñakarmabhiḥ
ด้วยบุญแห่งกรรมยัญของตน เขาทั้งหลายจึงไปสู่เทวโลก—ไต่ผ่านโลกทั้งสิบสี่จากฐานเบื้องล่างขึ้นไป จนถึงพรหมโลกโดยแท้
Skanda (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim-officiant offers oblations into a bright sacrificial fire beside a sacred water; above, a vertical ladder of fourteen luminous realms rises, ending in a radiant Brahmaloka with Brahmā seated on a lotus.
FAQs
Ritual action yields graded results within cosmic geography; higher merit elevates one toward subtler, loftier realms.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes the fruit of yajña within the broader Māhātmya narrative.
Yajña-karma (sacrificial rites) is identified as the means for attaining devalokas up to Brahmaloka.