Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78
आपोहिष्ठेति तिसृभिर्मार्जनं तु ततश्चरेत् । भूमौ शिरसि चाकाश आकाशे भुवि मस्तके
āpohiṣṭheti tisṛbhirmārjanaṃ tu tataścaret | bhūmau śirasi cākāśa ākāśe bhuvi mastake
त्यानंतर ‘आपो हि ष्ठा…’ या आरंभीच्या तीन मंत्रांनी मार्जन करावे. परंपरेनुसार ‘भूमी’ व ‘आकाश’ यांचा विन्यास—कधी भूमीवर, कधी शिरावर, कधी आकाशात, कधी मस्तकावर—असा करावा.
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa ritual instruction)
Tirtha: Mārjana with ‘Āpo hi ṣṭhā’
Type: ghat
Scene: Close-up ritual moment: hands sprinkling water while lips recite ‘Āpo hi ṣṭhā’; subtle iconography of bhū and ākāśa as bands of earth-tone and sky-tone around the figure.
FAQs
Purification is reinforced through Vedic mantra and embodied ritual gestures within sandhyā practice.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse teaches a standard purification rite using water-mantras.
Perform mārjana using the three ‘Āpo hi ṣṭhā…’ verses, following the prescribed placements/gestures.