Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 64
सहस्रधारामारभ्य योजनं पूर्वतो दिशि । प्रतीचि दिशि तथैव योजनं समतोवधिः
sahasradhārāmārabhya yojanaṃ pūrvato diśi | pratīci diśi tathaiva yojanaṃ samatovadhiḥ
সহস্ৰধাৰাৰ পৰা আৰম্ভ কৰি পূব দিশলৈ এক যোজন পৰ্যন্ত পবিত্ৰ সীমা বিস্তৃত; তেনেদৰে পশ্চিম দিশলৈও সমানকৈ এক যোজনেই সীমা নিৰ্ধাৰিত।
Agastya (contextual; description continues until explicit speaker change at 68)
Tirtha: Sahasradhārā (Ayodhyā-kṣetra boundary tīrtha)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim map-like scene: Sahasradhārā shown as a many-streamed water source; lines extend east and west marking one-yojana sacred boundary; pilgrims circumambulate along the perimeter.
FAQs
A tīrtha is not only praised by myth but also defined as a consecrated space with recognized boundaries, inviting orderly pilgrimage and reverence.
Ayodhyā-kṣetra is being mapped, with Sahasradhārā named as a boundary reference-point.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse focuses on delineating the kṣetra’s spatial extent.