Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 45
सहस्रधारासंज्ञं तु सर्वकिल्बिषनाशनम् । यस्मिन्रामाज्ञया वीरो लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा । प्राणानुत्सृज्य योगेन ययौ शेषात्मतां पुरा
sahasradhārāsaṃjñaṃ tu sarvakilbiṣanāśanam | yasminrāmājñayā vīro lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā | prāṇānutsṛjya yogena yayau śeṣātmatāṃ purā
ويُسمّى ذلك الموضع المقدّس «سَهَسْرَذَارَا»، وهو مُزيلُ جميع الآثام. هناك، في سالف الزمان، البطلُ لاكشمانا—قاتلُ أبطالِ الأعداء—وبأمرِ راما، أطلقَ الحياةَ بانسحابٍ يوغيٍّ وبلغَ حالةَ شِيشا (أنانتا).
Narrative voice (contextually Sūta relating the Māhātmya)
FAQs
It teaches that a sanctified tīrtha can purify even deep moral taints, and that dharma-filled obedience and yogic mastery culminate in divine attainment.
Sahasradhārā Tīrtha, praised as ‘sarva-kilbiṣa-nāśana’ (the remover of all sins) within Ayodhyā’s sacred geography.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse chiefly proclaims the tīrtha’s sin-destroying power and recalls Lakṣmaṇa’s yogic relinquishing of prāṇas.