Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86
तस्य पापस्य शुद्ध्यर्थं तांबूलं प्रतिगृह्यताम् । ततस्तु ब्राह्मणो मंत्रमेवं राजन्नुदाहरेत्
tasya pāpasya śuddhyarthaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ pratigṛhyatām | tatastu brāhmaṇo maṃtramevaṃ rājannudāharet
त्या पापाच्या शुद्धीसाठी हा तांबूल स्वीकारावा. त्यानंतर, हे राजन्, ब्राह्मण याप्रमाणे मंत्र उच्चारावा।
Skanda (narrating the procedure to the king)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (rājan)
Scene: The brāhmaṇa receives the tāmbūla with both hands; the patron watches with relief; the brāhmaṇa begins chanting the mantra, right hand raised in a subtle blessing gesture.
FAQs
Purification is completed not only by giving but also by proper acceptance and mantra-recitation within dharmic order.
The focus is procedural; this verse does not specify a particular tirtha by name.
The brāhmaṇa should accept the tāmbūla for the donor’s purification and then recite the prescribed mantra.