Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39
सद्योजातादिभिर्ब्रह्ममयैर्मंत्रैश्च पंचभिः । परिगृह्याग्निरित्यादिमंत्रैर्भस्माभिमंत्रयेत्
sadyojātādibhirbrahmamayairmaṃtraiśca paṃcabhiḥ | parigṛhyāgnirityādimaṃtrairbhasmābhimaṃtrayet
ਸਦ੍ਯੋਜਾਤ ਆਦਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਮਯ ਪੰਜ ਮੰਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਭਸਮ ਨੂੰ ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ ਕਰੇ; ਅਤੇ ‘ਅਗ્નਿ…’ ਨਾਲ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੋਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਮੰਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਉਸ ਭਸਮ ਨੂੰ ਅਭਿਮੰਤ੍ਰਿਤ ਕਰਕੇ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਕਰੇ।
Śrī Rudra (Śiva)
Listener: Mahāmune (unnamed sage)
Scene: A sage consecrates ash with Pañcabrahma mantras; the ash is held in the palm, a small water-pot nearby, and a ritual fire symbolizes Agni as purifier.
FAQs
Outer marks become spiritually potent when joined to mantra and right handling—ritual purity is completed by sacred sound.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the passage teaches a general Śaiva rite for preparing sacred ash.
Consecrate bhasma using the five mantras beginning with Sadyōjāta and additional mantras beginning with “Agni…”.