Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 8
सत्यंसत्यं पुनः सत्यं नासत्यं मम भाषितम् । स्वर्गद्वारसमं तीर्थं नास्ति ब्रह्माण्डगोलके
satyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ nāsatyaṃ mama bhāṣitam | svargadvārasamaṃ tīrthaṃ nāsti brahmāṇḍagolake
સત્ય, સત્ય, પુનઃ સત્ય; મારું વચન અસત્ય નથી. સમગ્ર બ્રહ્માંડમંડળમાં સ્વર્ગદ્વાર સમું કોઈ તીર્થ નથી.
Agastya
Tirtha: Svargadvāra
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: A sacred riverbank at dawn in Ayodhyā: the Sarayū glows; a marked ghat named Svargadvāra stands like a symbolic portal, with pilgrims offering water and lamps; a narrator-sage raises a hand in oath-like emphasis (‘satyam’).
FAQs
The text uses a solemn truth-affirmation to instill faith in the transformative power of the tīrtha.
Svargadvāra is exalted as unequalled anywhere in the universe.
No specific rite is named; the verse strengthens śraddhā (trust) in Svargadvāra’s efficacy.