Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79
तथान्योपि च यो विप्रो नागरः शुद्धवंशजः । नगराख्येन मंत्रेण अभिमंत्र्य त्रिधा जलम्
tathānyopi ca yo vipro nāgaraḥ śuddhavaṃśajaḥ | nagarākhyena maṃtreṇa abhimaṃtrya tridhā jalam
De même, tout autre brāhmane — un Nāgara né d’une lignée pure — après avoir consacré l’eau trois fois par le mantra nommé « Nagara »…
Śrī Bhagavān
Tirtha: Nāgara (mantra-associated tīrtha/kshetra context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Nāgara brāhmaṇa of pure lineage sits facing east, holding a small kalaśa; he recites a three-syllabled mantra three times, consecrating water that glows subtly, ready for protective use.
FAQs
Purity of conduct and lineage is paired with correct mantra-ritual to turn ordinary water into a protective sacred medium.
Nagara is the named sacred locus; the ‘Nagara’ mantra and its ritual application function as the site’s distinctive religious marker.
Abhimantraṇa of water—consecrating jala three times with the ‘Nagara’ mantra (the verse continues the procedure beyond this snippet).