Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 33
स्वर्गद्वारे मृतः कश्चिन्नरकं नैव पश्यति । केशवानुगृहीता हि सर्वे यांति परां गतिम्
svargadvāre mṛtaḥ kaścinnarakaṃ naiva paśyati | keśavānugṛhītā hi sarve yāṃti parāṃ gatim
যি কোনো ‘স্বৰ্গদ্বাৰ’ত দেহ ত্যাগ কৰে, সি নৰক কেতিয়াও নেদেখে; কেশৱৰ অনুগ্ৰহপ্ৰাপ্ত সকলেই পৰম গতি লাভ কৰে।
Varāha (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Svargadvāra (Ayodhyā)
Type: ghat
Listener: A brāhmaṇa interlocutor addressed as ‘dvijottama’ in the surrounding passage
Scene: A liminal river-ghāṭ called Svargadvāra: a devotee at life’s end, facing Keśava/Nārāyaṇa; attendants of Viṣṇu (Viṣṇudūtas) bar the path to naraka; the river Sarayū glows like a celestial threshold.
FAQs
Divine grace (Keśava’s anugraha) and sacred place-power together are portrayed as liberating forces.
Svargadvāra, a sanctified locus in Ayodhyā.
No ritual is specified; the verse emphasizes the salvific power of dying at Svargadvāra under Keśava’s grace.