Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 4
अगस्त्य उवाच । शृणु विप्र प्रवक्ष्यामि तीर्थमन्यदनुत्तमम् । स्वर्गद्वारमिति ख्यातं सर्वपापहरं सदा
agastya uvāca | śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi tīrthamanyadanuttamam | svargadvāramiti khyātaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ sadā
অগস্ত্য ক’লে: হে বিপ্ৰ (ব্ৰাহ্মণ), শুনা; মই আন এটা অনুত্তম তীৰ্থ বৰ্ণনা কৰিম। ই ‘স্বৰ্গদ্বাৰ’ নামে খ্যাত, সদায় সকলো পাপ হৰণ কৰে।
Agastya
Tirtha: Svargadvāra
Type: ghat
Listener: Vipra/brāhmaṇa interlocutor
Scene: Agastya, authoritative and serene, begins the proclamation of Svargadvāra—an auspicious river-ghāṭ with a symbolic ‘gateway’ motif, pilgrims bathing, and a luminous atmosphere suggesting sin-removal.
FAQs
Holy places are portrayed as dharmic gateways: approaching them with receptivity supports purification and upliftment.
Svargadvāra, a celebrated tīrtha in the Ayodhyā sacred landscape.
The verse does not yet specify a rite, but establishes Svargadvāra as a sin-removing tīrtha whose practices will be described next.