Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
सूत उवाच । योऽसावाथर्वणैर्मंत्रैः कलशश्चाभिमन्त्रितः । तैर्मंत्रैर्वालखिल्यैश्च महाऽमर्षसमन्वितैः
sūta uvāca | yo'sāvātharvaṇairmaṃtraiḥ kalaśaścābhimantritaḥ | tairmaṃtrairvālakhilyaiśca mahā'marṣasamanvitaiḥ
ສູຕະກ່າວວ່າ: “ກະລະສະ (ໝໍ້ນ້ຳ) ນັ້ນ ຖືກອະພິມັນຕຣະຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງດ້ວຍມັນຕຣະອະຖັຣວະນະ—ດ້ວຍມັນຕຣະເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນເອງ—ແລະດ້ວຍພວກວາລະຂິລຍະລຶສີ ຜູ້ປະກອບດ້ວຍຕະປະສະອັນແຮງກ້າ… ”
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.