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
ആ തീർത്ഥം ‘സഹസ്രധാരാ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധം, സർവ്വകല്മഷനാശിനി. അവിടെ പൂർവ്വകാലത്ത് രാമാജ്ഞപ്രകാരം വീരനും പരവീരഹന്താവുമായ ലക്ഷ്മണൻ യോഗമാർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ പ്രാണത്യാഗം ചെയ്ത് ശേഷ (അനന്ത) സ്വരൂപം പ്രാപിച്ചു.
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.