Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
तेजोऽसि शुक्रमित्याज्यं देवस्य त्वा कुशोदकम् । आपोहिष्ठेति मंत्रेण पंचगव्येन स्नापयेत्
tejo'si śukramityājyaṃ devasya tvā kuśodakam | āpohiṣṭheti maṃtreṇa paṃcagavyena snāpayet
‘तेजोऽसि शुक्रम्’ या मंत्राने तूप, ‘देवस्य त्वा’ या मंत्राने कुशोदक घ्यावे; आणि ‘आपो हिष्ठा’ या मंत्राने पंचगव्याने देवाचे स्नान करावे।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A priest prepares abhiṣeka: a golden vessel of ghee, a kuśa-bundle dipping into sanctified water, and a pañcagavya pot; the deity is seated for bathing while Vedic mantras are recited.
FAQs
Purificatory waters and consecrated substances become spiritually potent when joined to mantra—ritual becomes a vehicle of dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the setting where this Brahmā-worship abhiṣeka is taught.
Apply specified mantras for ghee and kuśa-water, and perform pañcagavya abhiṣeka using the Āpohiṣṭha mantra.