Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
ततो मया विधिः प्रोक्तः पुनरेव द्विजोत्तम । एषोऽपि ब्रह्मलोकस्ते नरकादतिरिच्यते । तस्मात्तत्रैव मां देव प्रेषयस्व किमत्र वै
tato mayā vidhiḥ proktaḥ punareva dvijottama | eṣo'pi brahmalokaste narakādatiricyate | tasmāttatraiva māṃ deva preṣayasva kimatra vai
پھر، اے بہترینِ دو بار جنم لینے والے، میں نے دوبارہ مقررہ طریقہ بیان کیا۔ تمہارا یہ برہما لوک بھی دوزخ سے بڑھ کر ہے۔ اس لیے، اے ربّ، مجھے وہیں بھیج دے—یہاں ٹھہرنے کا کیا فائدہ؟
Petitioner/character addressing Brahmā (speaker within the narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottama (best of twice-born)
Scene: A supplicant being (messenger/attendant figure) addresses a revered brāhmaṇa or deity, pleading to be sent to Brahmaloka, with hell depicted as a distant, shadowy contrast; the atmosphere is judicial and cosmic.
FAQs
Puranic dharma frames afterlife states as moral outcomes, and proper vidhi (right procedure) is emphasized for upliftment.
The immediate verse focuses on destination (Brahmaloka) rather than naming the site; it remains embedded in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha narrative.
Vidhi is referenced explicitly (a prescribed procedure), though its details are not contained in this single verse.