Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
एकद्वारेण यत्सेना स्वर्गं प्राप्ता ततो वरात् । तस्मात्तीर्थात्पुनश्चान्यत्तीर्थं यत्र गुहेश्वरः
ekadvāreṇa yatsenā svargaṃ prāptā tato varāt | tasmāttīrthātpunaścānyattīrthaṃ yatra guheśvaraḥ
‘ಏಕದ್ವಾರ’ ಎಂಬ ತೀರ್ಥದ್ವಾರದಿಂದ ಆ ಸೇನೆ ವರಪ್ರಭಾವದಿಂದ ಸ್ವರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದಿತು. ಆ ತೀರ್ಥದಿಂದ ಮತ್ತೆ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಪವಿತ್ರಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಬೇಕು—ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಗುಹೇಶ್ವರನು ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ.
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.
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.