यद्द्यति क्लेशकर्मादीनीक्षयत्यखिलम्पदम् ।
क्षपयित्वा मलं सर्वं ददाति च परं पदम् ।
दीक्षेति तेन तत्त्वज्ञैर्वर्णयते वेदपारगैः ॥
yad dyati kleśa-karmādīn īkṣayaty akhilam padam |
kṣapayitvā malaṁ sarvaṁ dadāti ca paraṁ padam |
dīkṣeti tena tattvajñair varṇayate veda-pāragaiḥ ||
(Lakṣmī Tantra: 41.5–6)
“Dīkṣā is described by those cognizant of essence (tattva) and adept in the Veda by [i.e., as] that which destroys all contamination, cuts away afflictions and karmas, causes perception of the entire abode [i.e., world], and bestows the supreme abode.”