Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 13
तस्मिन्गते मुनिवरे विश्वामित्रस्तपोनिधिः । कौत्सं विद्यावतां श्रेष्ठं विससर्ज गृहान्प्रति
tasmingate munivare viśvāmitrastaponidhiḥ | kautsaṃ vidyāvatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ visasarja gṛhānprati
उस श्रेष्ठ मुनि के चले जाने पर, तपोनिधि विश्वामित्र ने विद्यावानों में श्रेष्ठ कौत्स को गृह-प्रत्यावर्तन हेतु विदा किया।
Narrator (Ayodhyāmāhātmya frame; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa—traditionally Brahmā to Nārada)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viśvāmitra, radiant and austere, gestures blessing; Kautsa bows, holding scriptures or a staff, then turns toward the path leading to home—an image of sanctioned departure.
FAQs
Spiritual training culminates in a proper conclusion—permission to depart—honoring both discipline and household responsibility.
Ayodhyā is the overarching holy setting of the chapter.
No explicit rite; it narrates the guru granting leave to the disciple.
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