Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
स्वप्ने सिक्त्वा ब्रह्मचारी द्विजः शुक्रमकामतः । स्नात्वार्कमर्चयित्वा त्रिः पुनर्मामित्यृचं जपेत्
svapne siktvā brahmacārī dvijaḥ śukramakāmataḥ | snātvārkamarcayitvā triḥ punarmāmityṛcaṃ japet
Se um brahmacārin duas-vezes-nascido tiver, sem desejo, uma emissão de sêmen em sonho, então, após banhar-se e venerar o Sol, deve recitar três vezes o ṛc que começa com «punar mām…» (“de novo, a mim…”).
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: At dawn by a river-ghāṭa: a young brahmacārin finishes bathing, stands facing the rising sun, offers arghya with cupped hands, then sits to chant a ṛc three times.
FAQs
Even involuntary lapses are met with purification and recommitment, not despair—through snāna, devotion, and mantra-japa.
The instruction belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s dharma-teaching atmosphere centered on Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), famed for restoring purity and right practice.
Bathing, worship of Arka (the Sun), and thrice recitation of the ṛc beginning ‘punar mām…’ as a purification observance.