Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 29
या गतिर्ज्ञानतपसां या गतिर्यज्ञयाजिनाम् । स्वर्गद्वारे मृतानां तु सा गतिर्विहिता शुभा
yā gatirjñānatapasāṃ yā gatiryajñayājinām | svargadvāre mṛtānāṃ tu sā gatirvihitā śubhā
జ్ఞానతపస్సులకు, యజ్ఞయాజకులకు లభించే శుభగతి ఏదో, స్వర్గద్వారంలో మరణించినవారికీ అదే శుభగతి విధించబడింది।
Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Svargadvāra (Ayodhyā)
Type: ghat
Scene: A serene elder at Svargadvāra on the Sarayū bank, surrounded by chanting sages; above, symbolic paths of jñāna, tapas, and yajña converge into one luminous road labeled ‘śubha-gati’.
FAQs
The sanctity of place can elevate the final passage of life, granting a destiny likened to that won by great disciplines and sacrifices.
Svargadvāra in Ayodhyā, highlighted for conferring an auspicious post-death ‘gati’.
No explicit rite; the teaching concerns the spiritual consequence of departing life at Svargadvāra.