Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
Devanagari script
मुक्तिद्वारं ततो गच्छेत्तीर्थं पाप प्रणाशनम्
Transliteration
muktidvāraṃ tato gacchettīrthaṃ pāpa praṇāśanam
Translation
அதன்பின் பாவநாசகமான ‘முக்தித்வார’ எனும் தீர்த்தத்திற்குச் செல்ல வேண்டும்।
Word by Word
mukti-dvāramthe gate to liberation
mukti-dvāram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmukti + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—mukti-dvāra (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मुक्तेः द्वारम्’)
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
gacchetshould go
gacchet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
tīrthamto the sacred place
tīrtham:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
pāpa-praṇāśanamdestroying sin
pāpa-praṇāśanam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāpa + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, 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
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Muktidvāra-tīrthaFAQs
Sacred geography is mapped as a path toward purification and ultimately liberation (mukti).
Muktidvāra tīrtha.
Pilgrimage—going to the tīrtha (gacchet).