Markandeyapurana 10.95.p1

10.95.p1

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe pitāputrasaṃvādo nāma daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ

“What happens to righteous-doers, listen while I declare that. They take the holy course decreed by Yama. Bands of Gandharvas singing, bevies of Apsarases dancing, brilliant with various celestial garlands, bedecked with strings of pearls and anklets and gay with music,[10] and heavenly chariots beyond compare go forth quickly to them. And when they descend therefrom, they are born in the family of kings and other high-souled men: there observing upright conduct, they experience vigorous[11] pleasures, and afterwards they go upwards; and otherwise, when they take the downward path, they become men as before.