The Glory of Svargadvara

Verse 1 (skanda.5.13.1)

सनत्कुमार उवाच। स्वर्गद्वारे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा देवं च भैरवम्। श्राद्धं तत्रैव कुर्वीत पितॄनुद्दिश्य भक्तितः

sanatkumāra uvāca| svargadvāre naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā devaṁ ca bhairavam| śrāddhaṁ tatraiva kurvīta pitṝnuddiśya bhaktitaḥ

Sanatkumara said: A man, having bathed at Svargadvara and beheld the god Bhairava, should perform there, with devotion, the ancestral rite dedicated to his forefathers.

Verse 2 (skanda.5.13.2)

पितॄंश्च स नरो व्यास तारयेदात्मना सह। स्वर्गद्वारेण योऽभ्येति रुद्रस्य परमं पदम्

pitṝṁśca sa naro vyāsa tārayedātmanā saha| svargadvāreṇa yo'bhyeti rudrasya paramaṁ padam

That man, O Vyasa, delivers his ancestors together with himself; whoever passes through Svargadvara attains the supreme abode of Rudra.

Verse 3 (skanda.5.13.3)

भैरवस्याग्रतो देवी पूर्वे तिष्ठति चांबिका। तां तु दृष्ट्वा नरः स्त्री वा मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

bhairavasyāgrato devī pūrve tiṣṭhati cāṁbikā| tāṁ tu dṛṣṭvā naraḥ strī vā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Before Bhairava, to the east, the goddess Ambika stands; beholding her, a man or a woman is freed from every sin.

Verse 4 (skanda.5.13.4)

महानवम्यां पुरुषः कृत्वा बस्तमयं बलिम्। महिषं वा सुरां मांसं मालां बिल्वमयीं शुभाम्। भक्त्या निवेद्य देव्यै तु सर्वासिद्धिमवाप्नुयात्

mahānavamyāṁ puruṣaḥ kṛtvā bastamayaṁ balim| mahiṣaṁ vā surāṁ māṁsaṁ mālāṁ bilvamayīṁ śubhām| bhaktyā nivedya devyai tu sarvāsiddhimavāpnuyāt

On Mahanavami, a man who devotedly offers to the goddess a sacrifice of a goat or a buffalo, along with liquor, meat, and an auspicious garland of bilva leaves, obtains every accomplishment.

Verse 5 (skanda.5.13.5)

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या पूजां कृत्वा महेश्वरे। स्वर्गद्वारेण सोऽभ्येति रुद्रस्य भवनं द्विज

tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā pūjāṁ kṛtvā maheśvare| svargadvāreṇa so'bhyeti rudrasya bhavanaṁ dvija

O twice-born, having bathed there, and having devotedly worshipped Maheshvara, a man passes through Svargadvara to the very abode of Rudra.