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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

एकद्वारेण यत्सेना स्वर्गं प्राप्ता ततो वरात् । तस्मात्तीर्थात्पुनश्चान्यत्तीर्थं यत्र गुहेश्वरः

ekadvāreṇa yatsenā svargaṃ prāptā tato varāt | tasmāttīrthātpunaścānyattīrthaṃ yatra guheśvaraḥ

Par le gué sacré nommé Ekadvāra, cette troupe atteignit le ciel grâce à sa bénédiction. Depuis ce tīrtha, il faut encore se rendre à un autre lieu saint, là où se tient Guheśvara.

eka-dvāreṇaby/through Ekadvāra
eka-dvāreṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय; करण/मार्गवाचक
yatwhich
yat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)
senāarmy
senā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsenā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; yat इति सह समानाधिकरण
svargamheaven
svargam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsvarga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
prāptāreached
prāptā:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + āp (धातु)
Formक्त (past active/resultative participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; senā इति कर्तृसमानाधिकरण
tataḥthereupon/from that
tataḥ:
Kāla/Apādāna (काल/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, तस्मात्/ततः इत्यर्थे (thereupon/from that)
varātfrom a boon
varāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because of a boon)
tasmātfrom that
tasmāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन
tīrthātfrom the sacred place
tīrthāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, पुनरावृत्तिबोधक
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
anyatanother
anyat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (tīrtham)
tīrthamsacred place
tīrtham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
Formसम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)
guheśvaraḥGuheśvara (Lord of the cave)
guheśvaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootguhā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; गुहायाः ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha: Ekadvāra; (next) Guheśvara

Type: ghat

Scene: A disciplined host of pilgrims/warriors crosses at Ekadvāra and is shown ascending toward svarga; the path then turns toward a shrine of Guheśvara.

E
Ekadvāra Tīrtha
G
Guheśvara

FAQs

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is presented as a dharmic path whose fruits can extend even to svarga when undertaken with faith and purity.

Ekadvāra Tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, followed by the next destination associated with Guheśvara.

No explicit rite is stated; the verse functions as a tīrtha-sequence instruction—proceeding from Ekadvāra to Guheśvara.