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
‘ಯಾ ದಿವ್ಯಾ…’ ಮಂತ್ರವನ್ನು ‘ಸ್ವಾಹಾ’ ಸಹಿತ ಜಪಿಸಿ, ಪಿತೃಗಳ ಅರ್ಘ್ಯಪಾತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಹ ಅದೇ ರೀತಿ ಜಲವನ್ನು ಸುರಿಯಬೇಕು।
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.
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