Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
ततो धूपं सुगन्धं च यो यच्छति समाहितः । वसवस्त्वां जेतु तथा मन्त्रमेतमुदीरयेत्
tato dhūpaṃ sugandhaṃ ca yo yacchati samāhitaḥ | vasavastvāṃ jetu tathā mantrametamudīrayet
ثمّ بعد ذلك، من كان ثابت القلب وقدّم بخورًا طيّب الرائحة، فليتْلُ كذلك هذا المانترا الذي يبتدئ بـ «Vasavas tvāṃ jetu…».
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in a tīrtha-temple precinct offers a smoking censer of fragrant incense before a sanctified arrangement representing the eight Vasus; lips moving in mantra-recitation, posture steady and composed.
FAQs
Focused attention (samādhāna) and reverent offerings are integral to effective worship in a tīrtha.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as the ritual setting of this chapter.
Offer fragrant incense (dhūpa) and recite the specified ‘Vasavas tvāṃ jetu…’ mantra.