Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 64
सहस्रधारामारभ्य योजनं पूर्वतो दिशि । प्रतीचि दिशि तथैव योजनं समतोवधिः
sahasradhārāmārabhya yojanaṃ pūrvato diśi | pratīci diśi tathaiva yojanaṃ samatovadhiḥ
سہسر دھارا سے آغاز کر کے مشرقی سمت میں ایک یوجن تک مقدس حد پھیلتی ہے؛ اسی طرح مغربی سمت میں بھی برابر ایک یوجن ہی اس کی حد ہے۔
Agastya (contextual; description continues until explicit speaker change at 68)
Tirtha: Sahasradhārā (Ayodhyā-kṣetra boundary tīrtha)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim map-like scene: Sahasradhārā shown as a many-streamed water source; lines extend east and west marking one-yojana sacred boundary; pilgrims circumambulate along the perimeter.
FAQs
A tīrtha is not only praised by myth but also defined as a consecrated space with recognized boundaries, inviting orderly pilgrimage and reverence.
Ayodhyā-kṣetra is being mapped, with Sahasradhārā named as a boundary reference-point.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse focuses on delineating the kṣetra’s spatial extent.