Nakshatraloka
Nakshatraloka · nakshatra-loka, “the world of the stars”
Nakshatraloka is the loka of the nakshatras, the stars. In the Uttara Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Mahārāja Yudhishṭhira that those who keep the Tāraka Dvādaśī vrata and the Kṛttikā vrata go to this loka in vimānas bright as Sūrya.
By the Tāraka Dvādaśī
The Tāraka Dvādaśī is kept on the dvādaśī of the śukla paksha of Mārgaśīrsha, with a Sūrya-maṇḍala drawn together with the stars and Dhruva, arghya offered with the mantra “सहस्रशीर्षा”, and brāhmaṇas fed. Śrī Kṛshṇa says that the men and women who keep this vrata by this rule go in vimānas shining like the sun to the Nakshatraloka. They live there for an ayuta of years, and then reach Vishṇuloka.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 65
By the Kṛttikā vrata
At the close of the Kṛttikā vrata, Śrī Kṛshṇa gives its phala: a man who keeps the Kṛttikā vrata in this way goes to Nakshatraloka in a vimāna bright as Sūrya. A woman who keeps it also goes to Nakshatraloka with her husband, and enjoys divine pleasures there for a long time.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 103
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 65, 103