Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 167
स्वर्गद्वारेऽत्र वै तीर्थे राममेवानुचिन्तयन् । प्राणांस्त्यजति भक्त्या वै स संतानं परं लभेत्
svargadvāre'tra vai tīrthe rāmamevānucintayan | prāṇāṃstyajati bhaktyā vai sa saṃtānaṃ paraṃ labhet
येथे ‘स्वर्गद्वार’ नावाच्या तीर्थात जो भक्तीने केवळ रामाचेच चिंतन करीत प्राणत्याग करतो, तो परम ‘संतानिक’ फल प्राप्त करतो।
Narrator (reporting Brahmā’s boon within Ayodhyāmāhātmya)
Tirtha: Svargadvāra
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee at Svargadvāra ghat on the Sarayū, seated in meditation on Rāma, surrendering the life-breath with unwavering devotion; the ‘gate’ motif suggested by a sacred arch or luminous threshold.
FAQs
Remembrance of Rāma at a sanctified tirtha at life’s end is portrayed as a direct cause of supreme spiritual attainment.
Svargadvāra Tīrtha in Ayodhyā—explicitly praised as a ‘Gate of Heaven’.
Continuous contemplation (anucintana/smaraṇa) of Rāma with devotion, especially at Svargadvāra; no separate snāna/dāna is specified here.