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
ते तीर्थ ‘सहस्रधारा’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध असून सर्व कल्मषांचा नाश करणारे आहे। तेथेच पूर्वी रामाच्या आज्ञेने पराक्रमी, शत्रुवीरसंहारी लक्ष्मणाने योगाने प्राणोत्सर्ग करून शेष (अनंत) स्वरूप प्राप्त केले।
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.