Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

मुक्तिद्वारं ततो गच्छेत्तीर्थं पाप प्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

muktidvāraṃ tato gacchettīrthaṃ pāpa praṇāśanam

Translation

Thereafter one should go to the tīrtha called Muktidvāra, the Gate of Liberation, the destroyer of sin.

Word by Word

• mukti-dvāram: the gate to liberation
• mukti-dvāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—mukti-dvāra (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मुक्तेः द्वारम्’)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tīrtham: to the sacred place
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• pāpa-praṇāśanam: destroying sin
• pāpa-praṇāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—pāpa-praṇāśana (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘पापस्य प्रणाशनम्’); विशेषणम् (tīrtham इति विशेष्य)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Muktidvāra

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches a marked ford/ghāṭ called ‘Muktidvāra’, with sacred signage, riverbank lamps, and priests indicating the next station of the yātrā.

Characters & Entities

• Muktidvāra-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is mapped as a path toward purification and ultimately liberation (mukti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Muktidvāra tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage—going to the tīrtha (gacchet).