īkṣate karmaṇā yena tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam
īkṣate karmaṇā yena tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam |
dyati saṁsāram akhilaṁ tena dīkṣeti bhaṇyate ||
(Praśna-saṁhitā: 16.18–19)
“Dīkṣā is described by [i.e., as] that rite by which the supreme abode of Viṣṇu is seen and the totality of transmigration (saṁsāra) is cut away.”