Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1
व्यास उवाच । मार्कंडेयोद्धाटितं वै स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् । तत्र ये देहसंत्यागं कुर्वंति फलकांक्षया
vyāsa uvāca | mārkaṃḍeyoddhāṭitaṃ vai svargadvāramapāvṛtam | tatra ye dehasaṃtyāgaṃ kurvaṃti phalakāṃkṣayā
Vyāsa dit : En vérité, la porte du ciel—ouverte par Mārkaṇḍeya—demeure béante, sans entrave. Ceux qui, là, renoncent au corps dans l’attente du fruit promis—
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Svargadvāra at Dvārāvatī (opened by Mārkaṇḍeya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vyāsa narrates a vision of a radiant ‘gate of heaven’ standing open at a sacred coastal kṣetra; sage Mārkaṇḍeya is shown as the spiritual opener, with pilgrims approaching in awe.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmya frames certain sites as spiritually decisive, where vows and final acts are believed to bear extraordinary results.
The context points to Dvārāvatī and its associated tīrtha-region where the ‘gate of heaven’ is said to be open.
No ritual is prescribed; it introduces the theme of dehatyāga (relinquishing the body) at the sacred locale for a promised fruit.