Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
ततः प्रपूरिताः सर्वे स्वर्गलोका नरैर्द्विजाः । ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवेन्द्रादीन्स्पर्धमानैः सुरोत्तमान्
tataḥ prapūritāḥ sarve svargalokā narairdvijāḥ | brahmaviṣṇuśivendrādīnspardhamānaiḥ surottamān
پھر اے دو بار جنم لینے والو! تمام سوَرگ لوک انسانوں سے بھر گئے؛ وہ برہما، وِشنو، شِو، اِندر اور دیگر برتر دیوتاؤں سے بھی مقابلہ کرتے ہوئے ہر سمت سے گھیر کر امڈ آئے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija (addressed: ‘naraiḥ dvijāḥ’, ‘O twice-born’)
Scene: Heavenly realms packed with newly-arrived human pilgrims, pressing in like a festival crowd, while the great gods—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Indra—stand as benchmarks of status; the newcomers appear eager, competitive, and radiant with acquired puṇya.
FAQs
Tīrtha-merit can elevate humans to extraordinary spiritual stature, portrayed as rivaling even the highest devas.
The Hāṭakeśvara tīrtha/kṣetra, whose māhātmya is said to produce immense heavenly attainment.
No direct prescription is stated; the verse describes the magnitude of the tīrtha’s fruit (mass svarga attainment).