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
ณ ตีรถะชื่อ ‘สวรรค์ทวาร’ นี้ หากผู้ใดละสังขารด้วยศรัทธา พลางระลึกถึงพระรามเพียงผู้เดียว ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ ‘สันตานิกะ’ อันประเสริฐยิ่ง
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.