Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98
ये ते शतं ततो जप्त्वा तोयस्यामंत्रणाय च । सुमित्रिया नो मंत्रेण पूर्वं कृत्वा जलांजलिम् । क्षिपेद्द्वेष्यं समुद्दिश्य जपन्दुर्मित्रिया इति
ye te śataṃ tato japtvā toyasyāmaṃtraṇāya ca | sumitriyā no maṃtreṇa pūrvaṃ kṛtvā jalāṃjalim | kṣipeddveṣyaṃ samuddiśya japandurmitriyā iti
জল আমন্ত্ৰণ/অভিমন্ত্ৰণৰ বাবে ‘য়ে তে শতং’ জপ কৰি, আগতে ‘সুমিত্ৰিয়া নো’ মন্ত্ৰেৰে জলাঞ্জলি গঢ়ি ল’ব। তাৰ পাছত বৈৰীক উদ্দেশ্য কৰি, ‘দুৰ্মিত্ৰিয়া’ বুলি জপ কৰি সেই জল নিক্ষেপ কৰিব।
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (ghāṭa-snānāṅga)
Type: ghat
Scene: At a Gaṅgā ghāṭa at dawn, a sādhaka forms a cupped handful of river-water, murmurs Vedic-sounding mantras, and flicks/casts the water away as a protective gesture before entering the river.
FAQs
Purāṇic ritual often includes consecration and protection: the bather sanctifies water and ritually repels negativity.
The setting is Kāśī in the Skanda Purana; the verse itself is procedural and does not name a particular tīrtha.
Toyāmantraṇa (invocation of water) through specific mantras, followed by casting a water-anjali as a protective act.