Skanda Purana 6.1.13.1

6.1.13.1

.. sanatkumāra uvāca .. ..
svargadvāre naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā devaṃ ca bhairavam ..
śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kurvīta pitṝnuddiśya bhaktitaḥ .. 1 ..
pitṝṃśca sa naro vyāsa tārayedātmanā saha ..
svargadvāreṇa yo'bhyeti rudrasya paramaṃ padam .. 2 ..
bhairavasyāgrato devī pūrve tiṣṭhati cāṃbikā ..
tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā naraḥ strī vā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 3 ..
mahānavamyāṃ puruṣaḥ kṛtvā bastamayaṃ balim ..
mahiṣaṃ vā surāṃ māṃsaṃ mālāṃ bilvamayīṃ śubhām ..
bhaktyā nivedya devyai tu sarvāsiddhimavāpnuyāt .. 4 ..
tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā pūjāṃ kṛtvā maheśvare ..
svargadvāreṇa so'bhyeti rudrasya bhavanaṃ dvija .. 5 ..
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvaṃtyakhaṇḍe'vantīkṣetramāhātmye svargadvāramāhātmya varṇanaṃnāma trayodaśodhyāyaḥ .. 13 .. ..cha..

Sanatkumāra said:
"Having bathed at Svargadvāra and beheld the god Bhairava,
one should perform a śrāddha right there dedicated to the ancestors with devotion. / 1
That man, O Vyāsa, delivers his ancestors together with himself;
he who goes through Svargadvāra attains the supreme abode of Rudra. / 2
In front of Bhairava, to the east, stands the goddess Ambikā;
beholding her, a man or a woman is freed from all sins. / 3
On the Mahānavamī day, a person who offers a sacrifice of a goat,
or a buffalo, wine, meat, and an auspicious garland made of bilva leaves,
presenting them with devotion to the Goddess, shall attain all success. / 4
Having bathed there with devotion and performed worship to Maheśvara,
he goes through Svargadvāra to the abode of Rudra, O twice-born." / 5
Thus ends the thirteenth chapter, titled 'Description of the Svargadvāra Māhātmya', in the Avantīkṣetramāhātmya of the fifth Avantīkhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.