Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89
इमं मे गंगेति यत्प्रोक्तमनेनापि च भामिनि । समुद्रज्येति मंत्रेण स्नानमौषधिभिः स्मृतम्
imaṃ me gaṃgeti yatproktamanenāpi ca bhāmini | samudrajyeti maṃtreṇa snānamauṣadhibhiḥ smṛtam
ಹೇ ಸುಂದರಿಯೇ, ‘ಇಮಂ ಮೇ ಗಂಗೆ…’ ಎಂದು ಉಪದಿಷ್ಟ ಮಂತ್ರದಿಂದಲೂ, ‘ಸಮುದ್ರಜ್ಯೇ…’ ಮಂತ್ರದಿಂದಲೂ; ಔಷಧಿದ್ರವ್ಯಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡುವ ವಿಧಿಯೂ ಸ್ಮೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Samudra-tīra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhāminī / Varānanā (addressed lady)
Scene: Pilgrims at Prabhāsa’s seashore tīrtha prepare herb bundles and infuse water; a devotee bathes while reciting Vedic mantras, with the ocean behind and priests guiding the rite.
FAQs
Worship integrates spiritual purity and well-being, using sanctified water and healing herbs under mantra.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where purificatory rites and abhiṣeka practices are praised within the māhātmya.
Auṣadhi-snāpana (herbal bathing/ablution) using the ‘imaṃ me gaṅge…’ and ‘samudrajye…’ mantras.