Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

मुक्तिद्वारं ततो गच्छेत्तीर्थं पाप प्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

muktidvāraṃ tato gacchettīrthaṃ pāpa praṇāśanam

Translation

त्यानंतर पापांचा नाश करणाऱ्या ‘मुक्तिद्वार’ नावाच्या तीर्थास जावे।

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).