मंदेहदेहनाशार्थमुदयास्तमये रविः । समीहते द्विजोत्सृष्टं मंत्रतोयांजलित्रयम्
maṃdehadehanāśārthamudayāstamaye raviḥ | samīhate dvijotsṛṣṭaṃ maṃtratoyāṃjalitrayam
मंदेहों के शरीरों के नाश हेतु सूर्य उदय और अस्त के समय प्रयत्न करता है; इसलिए वह द्विज द्वारा मंत्र-संस्कारित जल की तीन अंजलियों की अभिलाषा करता है।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Gaṅgā-ghāṭa sandhyā)
Type: ghat
Scene: At the riverbank at dawn/dusk, a dvija stands in añjali posture offering three streams of water toward the rising/setting Sun; subtle shadowy Mandeha figures dissolve in solar radiance above the horizon.
Daily Sandhyā practice—offering mantra-consecrated water to Sūrya—supports cosmic order and removes obstructive forces.
The teaching occurs in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s praise-context, where Kāśī is upheld as the supreme field for dharma and mantra-upāsanā.
Offering three añjalis (three cupped handfuls) of water sanctified with mantra at sunrise and sunset (Sandhyā times).