Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

स्वर्गद्वारे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा धर्महरिं विभुम् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विष्णुलोके वसेत्सदा

Transliteration

svargadvāre naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā dharmahariṃ vibhum | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā viṣṇuloke vasetsadā

Translation

ਸਵਰਗਦ੍ਵਾਰ ਤੇ ਸਨਾਨ ਕਰਕੇ ਅਤੇ ਧਰਮ-ਸਰੂਪ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਹਰਿ ਵਿਭੂ ਦਾ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਕੇ, ਮਨੁੱਖ ਸਭ ਪਾਪਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਸ਼ਣੂ ਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• स्वर्गद्वारे: at the gate of heaven
• स्वर्गद्वारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्गस्य द्वारम्)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• धर्महरिम्: Hari as Dharma (the righteous Hari)
• धर्महरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मस्य हरिः)

• विभुम्: the all-powerful Lord
• विभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (धर्महरिम्)

• सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा: whose self is purified of all sins
• सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा: Visheshana (Qualifier of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विशुद्ध + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (यस्य आत्मा सर्वपापैः विशुद्धः)

• विष्णुलोके: in Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः लोकः)

• वसेत्: may dwell/should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Ayodhyāmāhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svargadvāra

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, a pilgrim bathes at the ghāṭa named Svargadvāra; after emerging, they behold Dharma-Hari in a nearby shrine—Hari radiant with śaṅkha-cakra—while the river shimmers and priests chant.

Characters & Entities

• Svargadvāra
• Hari
• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇuloka
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by both purification (snāna) and devotional vision (darśana), culminating in liberation-oriented merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Svargadvāra, a celebrated bathing-place (tīrtha) in Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at Svargadvāra and taking darśana of Dharma-Hari as the core acts yielding purification and divine abode.