Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
पद्मासनं विधायाथ न्यस्यात्मानं तथात्मनि । ब्रह्मद्वारेण तं पश्चात्तेजोरूपं व्यसर्जयत्
padmāsanaṃ vidhāyātha nyasyātmānaṃ tathātmani | brahmadvāreṇa taṃ paścāttejorūpaṃ vyasarjayat
मग त्याने पद्मासन धारण केले, आत्म्याला आत्म्यात स्थिर केले; आणि नंतर ब्रह्मद्वारातून (शिरोमणीतून) त्या तेजोमय प्राणाचा विसर्जन केला।
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).