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 আহ্বান/অভিমন্ত্রণের জন্য ‘য়ে তে শতং’ শতবার জপ করে, আগে ‘সুমিত্রিয়া নো’ মন্ত্রে জলাঞ্জলি গঠন করে, বিদ্বেষ্য শত্রুকে উদ্দেশ করে ‘দুর্মিত্রিয়া’ জপ করতে করতে সেই জল নিক্ষেপ করবে।
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.