Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
पद्मासनं विधायाथ न्यस्यात्मानं तथात्मनि । ब्रह्मद्वारेण तं पश्चात्तेजोरूपं व्यसर्जयत्
padmāsanaṃ vidhāyātha nyasyātmānaṃ tathātmani | brahmadvāreṇa taṃ paścāttejorūpaṃ vyasarjayat
তারপর পদ্মাসনে বসে আত্মাকে আত্মার মধ্যে স্থির করল; পরে ব্রহ্মদ্বার (শিরোমণি) দিয়ে সেই তেজোময় প্রাণকে মুক্ত করল।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta to the sages in a Māhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Sarayū
Type: tirtha
Scene: On a quiet riverbank, the yogin sits in padmāsana, spine erect, eyes half-closed; a subtle column of light rises from the crown as the life-breath departs as radiant tejas.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma honors disciplined yogic composure—posture, inner fixation, and conscious departure—as a noble end aligned with liberation.
The act occurs at the Sarayū tīrtha context (from the surrounding verses), implying the riverbank as a liberation-conducive sacred space.
A yogic procedure: sitting in padmāsana, internalizing the self, and releasing prāṇa through the brahmarandhra (Brahma-door).