Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 91
सहायार्थं च सूर्यस्य यो द्विजो नांजलि त्रयम् । क्षिपेन्मंदेहनाशाय सोपि मंदेहतां व्रजेत्
sahāyārthaṃ ca sūryasya yo dvijo nāṃjali trayam | kṣipenmaṃdehanāśāya sopi maṃdehatāṃ vrajet
ទ្វិជៈណាដែល ដើម្បីជួយព្រះអាទិត្យ បោះអរឃ្យៈទឹកបីក្តាប់ ដើម្បីបំផ្លាញមណ្ឌេហា—អ្នកនោះផងដែរ ប្រសិនបើខុសឆ្គងក្នុងអាចារៈ នឹងទៅដល់សភាព «មណ្ឌេហា» ដូចគ្នា។
Traditional Purāṇic narrator (contextual instruction within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: ghat
Scene: A dvija offers three arghya handfuls toward the Sun; beside him, a shadow-form of a Maṇḍeha mirrors his posture—signifying that without ācāra the worshipper becomes what he opposes.
FAQs
Daily rites are not optional: supporting dharma through nitya-karma (like arghya to Sūrya) safeguards one from spiritual downfall.
The passage is primarily a dharma-instruction within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa, not a focused praise of a named tīrtha.
Offering three añjalis (three cupped handfuls) of water as arghya to Sūrya for Maṇḍeha-nāśa.