Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60
न स्वर्गे न च पाताले मानुष्ये क्व च तत्सुखम् । समाधिं निश्चलं प्राप्य यत्सुखं विंदते नरः
na svarge na ca pātāle mānuṣye kva ca tatsukham | samādhiṃ niścalaṃ prāpya yatsukhaṃ viṃdate naraḥ
وہ مسرت نہ تو جنت میں ہے، نہ پاتال میں، نہ انسانی عالم میں کہیں؛ جو سرور انسان اٹل سمادھی پا کر پاتا ہے، وہی حقیقی خوشی ہے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Listener: Kuru-nandana (a Kuru prince; likely Janamejaya in Purāṇic framing)
Scene: Cosmic vertical panorama: svarga above, pātāla below, human world in the middle—yet the yogin in samādhi radiates a greater, centered light, dwarfing the pleasures of all three realms.
FAQs
Samādhi yields a bliss surpassing worldly and even celestial pleasures, pointing toward liberation-centered dharma.
No tīrtha is referenced; the verse contrasts samādhi-bliss with cosmic realms (svarga/pātāla).
None explicitly; the implied pursuit is steady meditation culminating in niścala samādhi.