Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
यस्य वृक्षस्य पुष्पं च तस्य स्याद्दन्तधावनम् । मातुलिंगेन तस्यास्तु मन्त्रेणानेन भक्तितः
yasya vṛkṣasya puṣpaṃ ca tasya syāddantadhāvanam | mātuliṃgena tasyāstu mantreṇānena bhaktitaḥ
Von eben dem Baum, dessen Blüte dargebracht wird, nehme man ein Zweiglein zum Reinigen der Zähne. Und für Sie handle man mit Mātuliṅga (Zitronatzitrone) in Hingabe nach diesem Mantra.
Skanda (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At dawn near a temple garden, the devotee plucks a twig from the same flowering tree used for worship and performs dantadhāvana; a citron fruit is held for the next ritual step, with mantra recitation implied.
FAQs
Purity and worship are integrated—daily conduct (like cleansing) is aligned with the same sacred offering spirit.
The instruction is part of a tīrtha-centered chapter but this verse itself gives a vrata-ācāra detail, not a site-name.
Use a twig from the offering-flower tree for dantadhāvana; use mātuliṅga along with the prescribed mantra in devotion.