Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
ततः कालेन महता पुष्पोपि द्विजसत्तमाः । सूर्यलोकमनुप्राप्तो विमानेन सुवर्चसा
tataḥ kālena mahatā puṣpopi dvijasattamāḥ | sūryalokamanuprāpto vimānena suvarcasā
پھر ایک طویل مدت کے بعد، اے برہمنوں کے افضل، پُشپ بھی نہایت درخشاں وِمان میں سوار ہو کر سورْی لوک کو جا پہنچا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration)
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis
Scene: After a long span, Puṣpa rises to Sūryaloka in a brilliantly radiant vimāna, the sky filled with golden light.
FAQs
Meritorious conduct connected with sacred places and devotion culminates in exalted post-mortem states, here symbolized by ascent to Sūryaloka.
The immediate narrative belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context leading into Sarasvatī-taṭa and Śākambharī/Durgā’s site, though this verse itself highlights the fruit (Sūryaloka).
No direct rite is prescribed in this verse; it states the resulting fruit—attainment of Sūryaloka in a radiant vimāna.