Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
सोऽपि याति न संदेहः पुरुषः शिवमन्दिरे । विमानवरमारूढः सेव्यमानोऽप्सरोगणैः
so'pi yāti na saṃdehaḥ puruṣaḥ śivamandire | vimānavaramārūḍhaḥ sevyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ
ผู้นั้นเองก็ไปถึง—ปราศจากข้อสงสัย—ยังพระนิเวศของพระศิวะ ณ มณฑลศิวาลัย ขึ้นประทับบนวิมานทิพย์อันประเสริฐ และมีหมู่อัปสราแวดล้อมปรนนิบัติ
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition in Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Suparṇākhya-deva darśana-phala (linked promise)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijas / audience
Scene: The devotee, having earned the fruit, ascends to Śiva’s abode on a splendid celestial vimāna, surrounded by apsarases offering service.
FAQs
The text assures certain spiritual ascent for the devoted visitor, portraying the fruit as direct approach to Śiva’s abode.
Śiva’s sacred precinct being discussed in Adhyāya 82; the verse itself does not provide the geographical name.
No new ritual is added; it states the fruit (phala) of the previously described darśana/bhakti.