Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
सूत उवाच । योऽसावाथर्वणैर्मंत्रैः कलशश्चाभिमन्त्रितः । तैर्मंत्रैर्वालखिल्यैश्च महाऽमर्षसमन्वितैः
sūta uvāca | yo'sāvātharvaṇairmaṃtraiḥ kalaśaścābhimantritaḥ | tairmaṃtrairvālakhilyaiśca mahā'marṣasamanvitaiḥ
Sūta berkata: “Kendi suci (kalaśa) yang telah disucikan dan dimantrai dengan mantra-mantra Atharvan—ya, dengan mantra-mantra itu juga—serta oleh para resi Vālakhilya yang dipenuhi bara tapa yang agung…”
Sūta
Tirtha: Suparṇa (Suparṇākhya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta describes a consecrated water-pot empowered by Atharvan mantras and the fierce ascetic energy of the Vālakhilya sages.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes sanctification—objects become spiritually potent when empowered by mantra and austere sages.
The verse supports the Suparṇa Māhātmya narrative; the tīrtha is implied as the setting where such consecration bears fruit.
Abhimantraṇa (mantra-consecration) of a kalaśa using Atharvan mantras, associated with Vālakhilya sages.