Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
मंत्रेणानेन विप्रेंद्रा दद्यादर्घ्यं विधानतः । ब्राह्मणैः सह संगत्य सदा तत्तीर्थवासिभिः
maṃtreṇānena vipreṃdrā dadyādarghyaṃ vidhānataḥ | brāhmaṇaiḥ saha saṃgatya sadā tattīrthavāsibhiḥ
ഹേ വിപ്രേന്ദ്രന്മാരേ! ഈ മന്ത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ വിധിപ്രകാരം അർഘ്യം അർപ്പിക്കണം; ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരോടും ആ തീർത്ഥവാസികളോടും എപ്പോഴും സംഗമിച്ച്.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha (Gomatī/sea rites)
Type: ghat
Listener: viprendra (addressed: ‘O best of brāhmaṇas’)
Scene: A small group of pilgrims stands with local brāhmaṇas at a ghāṭ; one recites the mantra while offering ārghya, others join with folded hands; the river and sea shimmer behind them.
FAQs
Tīrtha-worship should be done with scriptural discipline and in holy company, not as a solitary or casual act.
The Dvārakā region’s tīrtha tradition, especially the Gomatī-related sacred setting described in this Adhyāya.
Offering arghya with a specific mantra, following proper vidhi, ideally alongside brāhmaṇas and resident pilgrims/keepers of the tīrtha.