Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 117
कषायैः पंचगव्यैश्च पंचामृतफलैस्तथा । तीर्थोदकैः समेतं तु मंत्रैः स्नानमथारभत्
kaṣāyaiḥ paṃcagavyaiśca paṃcāmṛtaphalaistathā | tīrthodakaiḥ sametaṃ tu maṃtraiḥ snānamathārabhat
പിന്നീട് അദ്ദേഹം കഷായങ്ങൾ, പഞ്ചഗവ്യം, ഫലങ്ങളോടുകൂടിയ പഞ്ചാമൃതം, തീർത്ഥോദകം എന്നിവയോടെ മന്ത്രോച്ചാരണമോടെ സ്നാനം ആരംഭിച്ചു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A formal abhiṣeka: vessels of herbal decoctions, pañcagavya, pañcāmṛta with fruits, and jars labeled as tīrtha-waters; the priest pours while chanting mantras, the deity/altar gleams with wet sheen.
FAQs
Purity is intensified when devotion (mantra) and sanctified substances (tīrtha water, pañcagavya, pañcāmṛta) are united.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, implied as a center where tīrtha-waters and consecratory bathing confer exceptional merit.
A mantra-bath employing kaṣāya preparations, pañcagavya, pañcāmṛta with fruits, and tīrtha water.