Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
ततो धूपं सुगन्धं च यो यच्छति समाहितः । वसवस्त्वां जेतु तथा मन्त्रमेतमुदीरयेत्
tato dhūpaṃ sugandhaṃ ca yo yacchati samāhitaḥ | vasavastvāṃ jetu tathā mantrametamudīrayet
मग जो मन एकाग्र करून सुगंधी धूप अर्पण करतो, त्याने ‘वसवस्त्वां जेतु…’ असा हा मंत्रही उच्चारावा।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in a tīrtha-temple precinct offers a smoking censer of fragrant incense before a sanctified arrangement representing the eight Vasus; lips moving in mantra-recitation, posture steady and composed.
FAQs
Focused attention (samādhāna) and reverent offerings are integral to effective worship in a tīrtha.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as the ritual setting of this chapter.
Offer fragrant incense (dhūpa) and recite the specified ‘Vasavas tvāṃ jetu…’ mantra.