Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

ततः क्षौमाम्बरधरो ब्रह्मचर्यसमन्वितः । कुशानादाय पाणिभ्यां महाप्रस्थानमुद्यतः

Transliteration

tataḥ kṣaumāmbaradharo brahmacaryasamanvitaḥ | kuśānādāya pāṇibhyāṃ mahāprasthānamudyataḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് ക്ഷൗമവസ്ത്രം ധരിച്ചു, ബ്രഹ്മചര്യത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതനായി, ഇരുകൈകളിലും കുശപ്പുല്ല് എടുത്തുകൊണ്ട്, മഹാപ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിന് ഒരുങ്ങി।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’ (thereafter/from there)

• क्षौम-अम्बर-धरः: wearing linen garments
• क्षौम-अम्बर-धरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षौम (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त, धृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘क्षौमाम्बरं धरति’ इति (wearing linen garments)

• ब्रह्मचर्य-समन्वितः: endowed with celibacy
• ब्रह्मचर्य-समन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त, सम्+अन्वि धातु/समन्वि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण — ब्रह्मचर्येण समन्वितः (endowed with celibacy)

• कुशान्: kuśa grasses
• कुशान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — ‘आदाय’ (having taken)

• पाणिभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• पाणिभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन

• महाप्रस्थानम्: the great departure
• महाप्रस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘महच्च तत् प्रस्थानम्’ (the great departure)

• उद्यतः: ready (to set out)
• उद्यतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + यत् (धातु) / उद्यत (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण — उद्यतः = उद्युक्तः/तत्परः (ready/intent)

Speaker

Narrator (within Ayodhyāmāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (mahāprāsthāna-smṛti)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma appears in linen garments, composed in brahmacarya, holding kuśa grass in both hands—an ascetic-royal fusion—ready for the great departure.

Characters & Entities

• Kuśa grass
• Brahmacarya
• Mahāprasthāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner discipline and ritual purity support the highest transitions; renunciation is expressed through conduct and sacred symbols.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, where the avatāra’s departure is portrayed with Vedic markers of purity and restraint.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Adopting brahmacarya-like restraint, wearing simple garments, and holding kuśa grass—standard Vedic purity emblems.