Mudgalapurana 2.14: ūrdhvasthalokavarṇanaṃ nāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Homage to the glorious Gaṇeśa.

Mudgala said: / Above the Pole Star is Maharloka, at a distance of one crore of yojanas; / there dwell the rulers of the kalpa, enjoying happiness.

Janaloka is at a distance of one crore of yojanas from Maharloka; / Sanaka and the others abide there, traveling in aerial cars like motes in a sunbeam.

Tapoloka is at a distance of one crore of yojanas from Janaloka; / the Vairāja gods indeed abide there, free from fear.

Satyaloka is at a distance of one crore of yojanas from Tapoloka; / it is the supreme abode of Brahmā, which is of the nature of non-return.

There sits Brahmā, the guru of the worlds, the soul of all, the creator of all, / along with the yogins, constantly drinking the supreme nectar of yoga.

Ascetics dwell there, lifelong celibate students, / observers of vows, ascetics, perfected ones, and sacrificers belonging to Parameṣṭhin.

That is the single gateway for yogins going to the supreme lord of gaṇas; / filled with garlands of flames, it cannot be described.

Above that is [the realm] without support, devoid of universal forms; / this excellent cosmic form indeed extends up to Satyaloka.

It is filled with fifty crores [of yojanas]; the earth is to be understood as ten times that, / having the form of Brahman, with an extent of fifty crores.

At a distance of two crores of yojanas from the realm of Brahmā, O lord of creatures, / is the realm of Śakti, unsupported and radiant with light.

It consists of a mass of splendour, O Dakṣa, resting upon Mahāmāyā; / yogins who are desireless devotees of Śakti go there.

With an extent of ten thousand yojanas, filled with people on all sides, / O highly fortunate one, the powers are established there.

Having fashioned through their own splendour males of equal form, / they, identical with the universe, delight in sporting with them in the manner of women.

And four crores of yojanas from that shines the ancient realm of the Sun, / which has the form of a mass of great splendour.

Desireless, highly fortunate people who dwell directly with the Sun / indeed go by the bright path to that unsupported, ever-eternal [realm].

Other devotees of the sun who are intent upon desireless worship / go there, O Dakṣa, having a splendour equal to the brilliance of the sun.

Its extent also is just as great, equal to the realm of Śakti; / the sun who abides in the form of a man sports there.

The Lord, the Puruṣa named Brahman, having created from his left side / Māyā, consisting of action, named Saṃjñā, always delighted with her.

Eight crores of yojanas from that, Viṣṇu is situated; / he is the eternal dweller of Vikuṇṭha, an embodiment of bliss.

The extent of that realm, Vikuṇṭha, by measurement, / shines on all sides as ten thousand yojanas.

In that supreme, unsupported, ever-eternal [realm] composed of the form of light, / go the desireless Vaiṣṇavas who are dedicated to devotion.

Men and women, full of eternal bliss and delighting in constant joy, / dwell there, sporting and moving according to their own desire.

Having created Bhogalakṣmī from his left side, O lord of creatures, / and Muktilakṣmī from his right side, he continually sports with the two of them.

Directly composed of eternal bliss, the knower of the supreme dharma, / the Lord, having divided [himself] in two through Māyā, plays according to his will.

At a distance of sixteen crores of yojanas from that / is the realm of Śaṅkara, Kailāsa, exceedingly wondrous.

Section 2, Chapter 15, page 33) In that ever-unsupported realm, free from delusion and conferring bliss, / desireless men who are devotees of Śiva go there.

In that world, which consists of light and always bestows auspiciousness, / Śambhu himself dwells of his own will, O sage.

Its extent is indeed ten thousand yojanas; / there the lord Śaṅkara, who knows yoga, plays by means of yoga.

The left half of the body of this great-souled Śaṅkara has the form of Prakṛti, O Prajāpati, / and the right half has the form of Puruṣa.

And in their union bliss is proclaimed, O Dakṣa; / the power consists of Nārāyaṇa, and Śiva is half woman and half man.

That power of that god shone forth bearing a threefold form; / though made distinct by Śiva, she bestows bliss upon the universe.

Manifested by her, Mahādeva, naturally free from delusion, / the support of māyā residing in his own world, sports unceasingly, O Dakṣa.

Beyond that earth is Brahman, named Svānanda; / there is nothing beyond that state, which is well established in the Vedas and other texts.

That Brahman which is known to oneself alone shone forth of itself in four ways; / the wise proclaim the union of the four as consisting of that.

Brahman is unmanifest, named Śiva, and free from delusion; / equal to that, the Vaiṣṇava Brahman is likewise proclaimed;

From that, which is of the nature of the self, having the form of the sun, it is remembered; / from that, Brahman consisting of non-being is situated in the form of Śakti.

The attainment of their non-difference is proclaimed as Svānanda; / thus in all principles their respective bliss is spoken of.

Brahman is declared to be manifold according to distinctions such as space; / there, for the purpose of the sequence, Svānanda stood in his own greatness.

Having attained fullness at the end, it is remembered as belonging directly to Gaṇapati; / Svānanda in the union of all is spoken of as the primordial absorption.

In place after place, Gaṇeśa himself stands in his own bliss / by a portion of a part for the sake of sport, for the complete accomplishment of all.

Thus the upper worlds have been described to you, O Prajāpati, / in an extremely concise manner; by listening to them, they grant all desires.

Om tat sat. Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, named 'Description of the Upper Worlds', in the Ekadantacarita in the second section of the glorious and supreme Purāṇa-Upaniṣad, the glorious Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa.