Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
पश्चात्तीर्थेन मंत्रास्तु संहृत्य हृदये न्यसेत् । मंत्रैरात्मानमेकत्र कृत्वा चार्घं प्रदापयेत्
paścāttīrthena maṃtrāstu saṃhṛtya hṛdaye nyaset | maṃtrairātmānamekatra kṛtvā cārghaṃ pradāpayet
അതിനുശേഷം തീർത്ഥജലത്തോടെ മന്ത്രങ്ങളെ സംഹരിച്ച് ഹൃദയത്തിൽ ന്യാസം ചെയ്യണം. മന്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ സ്വയം ഏകീകരിച്ച് പിന്നെ അർഘ്യം സമർപ്പിക്കണം.
Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (tīrtha-water used in rite)
Type: ghat
Listener: Unspecified (continuation of instruction to ‘priye’)
Scene: A devotee sprinkles or touches tīrtha-water, then brings hands to the chest in hṛdaya-nyāsa; the arghya vessel waits nearby, indicating the transition from inner consolidation to outward offering.
FAQs
Ritual culminates in inner integration—mantra is withdrawn into the heart, turning external worship into inward realization.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra and its tīrtha-water, treated as an instrument for sanctifying mantra-practice.
Mantra-saṃhāra (withdrawing mantras), hṛdaya-nyāsa (placing in the heart), followed by arghya offering.