Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

ततो वसिष्ठस्तेजस्वी सर्वं निश्चित्य चेतसा । चकार विधिवत्कर्म महाप्रास्थानिकं विधिम्

Transliteration

tato vasiṣṭhastejasvī sarvaṃ niścitya cetasā | cakāra vidhivatkarma mahāprāsthānikaṃ vidhim

Translation

Daraufhin vollzog der strahlende Vasiṣṭha, nachdem er alles im Geist entschieden hatte, ordnungsgemäß das Ritual: die große Zeremonialordnung des Aufbruchs.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेजस्वी: radiant/energetic
• तेजस्वी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘वसिष्ठः’ विशेषण

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण (the whole/ everything)

• निश्चित्य: having determined
• निश्चित्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-चित् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having ascertained/decided’

• चेतसा: with (his) mind
• चेतसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• चकार: performed/did
• चकार: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विधिवत्: according to proper rite
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (according to rule)

• कर्म: ritual act
• कर्म: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• महाप्रास्थानिकम्: great departure-rite related
• महाप्रास्थानिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रास्थानिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (great + pertaining to departure)

• विधिम्: procedure/rite
• विधिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Ayodhyāmāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (mahāprāsthānika-smṛti)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha, radiant and composed, internally settles all details and performs the prescribed ‘mahāprāsthānika’ procedure with exactness.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Mahāprāsthānika-vidhi (great departure rite)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through proper guidance and right procedure; sacred transitions are sanctified by śāstric rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, where even the final departure is framed as a sanctified, priest-guided dhārmic act.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The Mahāprāsthānika-vidhi—an ordained, formal procedure marking a great ceremonial departure.