Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
या दिव्या इति मन्त्रेण स्वाहाकारसमन्वितम् । पितॄणामर्घपात्रेषु तथैव च जलं क्षिपेत्
yā divyā iti mantreṇa svāhākārasamanvitam | pitṝṇāmarghapātreṣu tathaiva ca jalaṃ kṣipet
Avec le mantra commençant par « yā divyā… », accompagné de « svāhā », qu’on verse de même de l’eau dans les vases d’argha pour les Pitṛs.
Skanda (deduced)
Type: ghat
Scene: A second pouring of water into the pitṛ-vessels, with the performer’s lips forming the mantra; svāhā uttered as the water stream ends; vessels glint in sunlight near the sacred waterbody.
FAQs
Mantra-guided action sanctifies offerings; śrāddha is not merely physical but Vedic in intention and sound.
This verse gives ritual method within a tīrtha-setting; it does not specify the tīrtha by name.
Recite the “yā divyā…” mantra with svāhā and pour water into the Pitṛs’ arghya vessels.