Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

सहस्रधारासंज्ञं तु सर्वकिल्बिषनाशनम् । यस्मिन्रामाज्ञया वीरो लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा । प्राणानुत्सृज्य योगेन ययौ शेषात्मतां पुरा

Transliteration

sahasradhārāsaṃjñaṃ tu sarvakilbiṣanāśanam | yasminrāmājñayā vīro lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā | prāṇānutsṛjya yogena yayau śeṣātmatāṃ purā

Translation

สถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นมีนามว่า ‘สหัสรธารา’ ผู้ทำลายกิลพิษะ (บาป) ทั้งปวง ณที่นั้นในกาลก่อน ด้วยพระบัญชาของพระราม วีรบุรุษลักษมณะ ผู้พิฆาตยอดนักรบฝ่ายศัตรู ได้สละปราณด้วยโยคะและบรรลุสภาพแห่งเศษะ (อนันตะ)

Word by Word

• सहस्रधारा-संज्ञम्: named ‘Sahasradhārā’
• सहस्रधारा-संज्ञम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रधारा (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘सहस्रधारा’ इति संज्ञा यस्य तत् (having the name ‘Sahasradhārā’)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे (but/indeed)

• सर्व-किल्बिष-नाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्व-किल्बिष-नाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण—सर्वेषां किल्बिषाणां नाशनम् (destroyer of all sins)

• यस्मिन्: in which (place)
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• राम-आज्ञया: by Rama’s command
• राम-आज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; रामस्य आज्ञया (by Rama’s command)

• वीरः: the hero
• वीरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• लक्ष्मणः: Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; वीरः इत्यस्य अपि विशेष्य (apposition)

• पर-वीर-हा: slayer of enemy heroes
• पर-वीर-हा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + वीर (प्रातिपदिक) + हन् (धातु) → हा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण—परवीरान् हन्ति इति (slayer of enemy heroes)

• प्राणान्: life-breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• उत्सृज्य: having given up
• उत्सृज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव (having abandoned); क्रियाविशेषण (prior action)

• योगेन: by yoga
• योगेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• ययौ: went/attained
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शेष-आत्मताम्: the state of being Śeṣa
• शेष-आत्मताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; शेषस्य आत्मता (state of being Śeṣa)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextually Sūta relating the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sahasradhārā

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

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.

Characters & Entities

• Sahasradhārā
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Śeṣa (Ananta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches that a sanctified tīrtha can purify even deep moral taints, and that dharma-filled obedience and yogic mastery culminate in divine attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sahasradhārā Tīrtha, praised as ‘sarva-kilbiṣa-nāśana’ (the remover of all sins) within Ayodhyā’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse chiefly proclaims the tīrtha’s sin-destroying power and recalls Lakṣmaṇa’s yogic relinquishing of prāṇas.