Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98
ये ते शतं ततो जप्त्वा तोयस्यामंत्रणाय च । सुमित्रिया नो मंत्रेण पूर्वं कृत्वा जलांजलिम् । क्षिपेद्द्वेष्यं समुद्दिश्य जपन्दुर्मित्रिया इति
ye te śataṃ tato japtvā toyasyāmaṃtraṇāya ca | sumitriyā no maṃtreṇa pūrvaṃ kṛtvā jalāṃjalim | kṣipeddveṣyaṃ samuddiśya japandurmitriyā iti
‘ये ते शतं’ इति शतवारं जप्त्वा तोयस्यामन्त्रणार्थं, ‘सुमित्रिया नो’ मन्त्रेण पूर्वं जलाञ्जलिं कृत्वा, द्वेष्यं समुद्दिश्य ‘दुर्मित्रिया’ इति जपन् तज्जलं क्षिपेत्।
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (ghāṭa-snānāṅga)
Type: ghat
Scene: At a Gaṅgā ghāṭa at dawn, a sādhaka forms a cupped handful of river-water, murmurs Vedic-sounding mantras, and flicks/casts the water away as a protective gesture before entering the river.
FAQs
Purāṇic ritual often includes consecration and protection: the bather sanctifies water and ritually repels negativity.
The setting is Kāśī in the Skanda Purana; the verse itself is procedural and does not name a particular tīrtha.
Toyāmantraṇa (invocation of water) through specific mantras, followed by casting a water-anjali as a protective act.