Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 29
या गतिर्ज्ञानतपसां या गतिर्यज्ञयाजिनाम् । स्वर्गद्वारे मृतानां तु सा गतिर्विहिता शुभा
yā gatirjñānatapasāṃ yā gatiryajñayājinām | svargadvāre mṛtānāṃ tu sā gatirvihitā śubhā
Das selige Ziel, das den der Erkenntnis und Askese Hingebenden und den Opfernden zuteilwird—eben dieses glückverheißende Ziel ist auch für jene bestimmt, die am Svargadvāra sterben.
Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Svargadvāra (Ayodhyā)
Type: ghat
Scene: A serene elder at Svargadvāra on the Sarayū bank, surrounded by chanting sages; above, symbolic paths of jñāna, tapas, and yajña converge into one luminous road labeled ‘śubha-gati’.
FAQs
The sanctity of place can elevate the final passage of life, granting a destiny likened to that won by great disciplines and sacrifices.
Svargadvāra in Ayodhyā, highlighted for conferring an auspicious post-death ‘gati’.
No explicit rite; the teaching concerns the spiritual consequence of departing life at Svargadvāra.