Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63
धनुष्कोटिर्धनुष्कोटिर्धनुष्कोटिरिति द्विजाः । त्रिः पठन्तो नरा ये तु यत्र क्वापि जलाशये
dhanuṣkoṭirdhanuṣkoṭirdhanuṣkoṭiriti dvijāḥ | triḥ paṭhanto narā ye tu yatra kvāpi jalāśaye
Ô deux-fois-nés, ceux qui—en quelque étendue d’eau que ce soit, où qu’elle se trouve—récitent trois fois : « Dhanuṣkoṭi, Dhanuṣkoṭi, Dhanuṣkoṭi »,
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijāḥ / Viprāḥ (twice-born, brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas and householders at a simple village tank, hands joined, lips forming the words ‘Dhanuṣkoṭi’ three times; above the water appears a subtle vision of the Dhanuṣkoṭi seashore, indicating the tīrtha’s presence through name.
FAQs
Remembrance and recitation of a sacred tīrtha-name carries purifying power, even beyond the physical location.
Dhanuṣkoṭi Tīrtha, whose very name is treated as spiritually efficacious.
Recite the name ‘Dhanuṣkoṭi’ three times (triḥ paṭhana), particularly in connection with a water-place (jalāśaya).