Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86
तस्य पापस्य शुद्ध्यर्थं तांबूलं प्रतिगृह्यताम् । ततस्तु ब्राह्मणो मंत्रमेवं राजन्नुदाहरेत्
tasya pāpasya śuddhyarthaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ pratigṛhyatām | tatastu brāhmaṇo maṃtramevaṃ rājannudāharet
Para la purificación de ese pecado, acéptese el tāmbūla. Luego, oh Rey, el brāhmaṇa debe recitar el mantra de esta manera.
Skanda (narrating the procedure to the king)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (rājan)
Scene: The brāhmaṇa receives the tāmbūla with both hands; the patron watches with relief; the brāhmaṇa begins chanting the mantra, right hand raised in a subtle blessing gesture.
FAQs
Purification is completed not only by giving but also by proper acceptance and mantra-recitation within dharmic order.
The focus is procedural; this verse does not specify a particular tirtha by name.
The brāhmaṇa should accept the tāmbūla for the donor’s purification and then recite the prescribed mantra.