Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 62
एभिरेव गुणैर्युक्ता ये नराः पाण्डुनन्दन । सत्यं ते स्वर्गादायाताः स्वर्गे वासं व्रजन्ति ते
ebhireva guṇairyuktā ye narāḥ pāṇḍunandana | satyaṃ te svargādāyātāḥ svarge vāsaṃ vrajanti te
اے پاندو کے نندن! جن مردوں میں یہی اوصاف ہوں، سچ تو یہ ہے کہ وہ سَورگ سے آئے ہیں، اور وہی پھر سَورگ میں رہائش پاتے ہیں۔
Narrator addressing a Pāṇḍava (listener addressed as Pāṇḍu-nandana; exact identity not explicit in excerpt)
Tirtha: Maṇināga
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pāṇḍunandana
Scene: A visionary tableau: virtuous pilgrims with luminous aura ascending toward svarga, while a narrator addresses ‘Pāṇḍunandana’; below, the tīrtha riverbank remains calm, symbolizing the bridge between earth and heaven.
FAQs
A constellation of dhārmic virtues is both the sign of past merit and the cause of future heavenly attainment.
Indirectly within the Maṇināga Tīrtha-centered adhyāya of the Revā-khaṇḍa.
No ritual; it confirms the fruit (phala) of living with the listed virtues.