Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
ॐ अत्रये नमः । ॐ वसिष्ठाय नमः । ॐ कश्यपाय नमः । ॐ भरद्वाजाय नमः । ॐ गौतमाय नमः । ॐ कौशिकाय नमः । ॐ जमदग्नये नमः । ॐ अरुंधत्यै नमः । पूजामंत्रः । जह्नुकन्यापवित्रांगा गृहीतजपमालिकाः । गृह्णंत्वर्घं मया दत्तमृषयः सर्वकामदाः
oṃ atraye namaḥ | oṃ vasiṣṭhāya namaḥ | oṃ kaśyapāya namaḥ | oṃ bharadvājāya namaḥ | oṃ gautamāya namaḥ | oṃ kauśikāya namaḥ | oṃ jamadagnaye namaḥ | oṃ aruṃdhatyai namaḥ | pūjāmaṃtraḥ | jahnukanyāpavitrāṃgā gṛhītajapamālikāḥ | gṛhṇaṃtvarghaṃ mayā dattamṛṣayaḥ sarvakāmadāḥ
“Oṃ, sembah sujud kepada Atri. Oṃ, sembah sujud kepada Vasiṣṭha. Oṃ, sembah sujud kepada Kaśyapa. Oṃ, sembah sujud kepada Bharadvāja. Oṃ, sembah sujud kepada Gautama. Oṃ, sembah sujud kepada Kauśika. Oṃ, sembah sujud kepada Jamadagni. Oṃ, sembah sujud kepada Arundhatī.”—inilah mantra pemujaan. “Wahai para ṛṣi, yang tubuhnya disucikan oleh puteri Jahnu (Gaṅgā) dan memegang mālā japa: terimalah arghya yang kupersembahkan—wahai pemberi segala hajat yang diingini.”
Ritual instruction / mantra-portion (liturgical voice within the narrative)
FAQs
Honoring the ṛṣis through mantra, purity, and arghya is portrayed as a direct means to dharma and the fulfillment of rightful desires.
The rite is situated at the chapter’s praised tīrtha, framed as connected with the Saptarṣis; the verse also alludes to Gaṅgā (Jahnukanyā) as purifier.
Recite namaskāra-mantras to the sages and Arundhatī and offer arghya, invoking them as ‘sarvakāmadāḥ’ (grantors of aims).