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
वह तीर्थ ‘सहस्रधारा’ नाम से प्रसिद्ध है, जो समस्त कल्मषों का नाशक है। वहीं पूर्वकाल में राम की आज्ञा से पराक्रमी, शत्रुवीर-विनाशक लक्ष्मण ने योग द्वारा प्राण त्यागकर शेष (अनन्त) का स्वरूप प्राप्त किया।
Narrative voice (contextually Sūta relating the Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Sahasradhārā
Type: ghat
Scene: On Sarayū’s bank, Lakṣmaṇa—heroic yet serene—sits in yogic posture, receiving Rāma’s command in memory; as prāṇa withdraws, a luminous serpent-form (Śeṣa/Ananta) manifests subtly, while pilgrims witness the sanctity of Sahasradhārā’s many-streamed waters.
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.