Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 134
ततः क्षौमाम्बरधरो ब्रह्मचर्यसमन्वितः । कुशानादाय पाणिभ्यां महाप्रस्थानमुद्यतः
tataḥ kṣaumāmbaradharo brahmacaryasamanvitaḥ | kuśānādāya pāṇibhyāṃ mahāprasthānamudyataḥ
তারপর ক্ষৌমবস্ত্র পরিধান করে, ব্রহ্মচর্যে প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়ে, উভয় হাতে কুশ ধারণ করে তিনি মহাপ্রস্থানের জন্য উদ্যত হলেন।
Narrator (within Ayodhyāmāhātmya)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (mahāprāsthāna-smṛti)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: Rāma appears in linen garments, composed in brahmacarya, holding kuśa grass in both hands—an ascetic-royal fusion—ready for the great departure.
FAQs
Inner discipline and ritual purity support the highest transitions; renunciation is expressed through conduct and sacred symbols.
Ayodhyā, where the avatāra’s departure is portrayed with Vedic markers of purity and restraint.
Adopting brahmacarya-like restraint, wearing simple garments, and holding kuśa grass—standard Vedic purity emblems.