Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
अभिरम्यतामिति मन्त्रेण ब्राह्मणस्य विसर्जनम् । अच्छिन्नाग्रमभिन्नाग्रं कुर्याद्दर्भतृणद्वयम् । पवित्रं तद्विजानीयादेकोद्दिष्टे विधीयते
abhiramyatāmiti mantreṇa brāhmaṇasya visarjanam | acchinnāgramabhinnāgraṃ kuryāddarbhatṛṇadvayam | pavitraṃ tadvijānīyādekoddiṣṭe vidhīyate
‘अभिरम्यताम्’ इति मन्त्रेण ब्राह्मणस्य विसर्जनं कुर्यात्। अच्छिन्नाग्रमभिन्नाग्रं दर्भतृणद्वयं कुर्यात्; तत् पवित्रं विद्यात्। एतदेकोद्दिष्टे विधीयते॥
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional tone)
Scene: Close-up of hands selecting two fresh kuśa blades with intact tips, forming a pavitra; a brāhmaṇa being respectfully dismissed with folded hands as the mantra ‘abhiramyatām’ is uttered; ritual setting suggests ekoddiṣṭa for a single ancestor.
FAQs
Ritual purity and correct procedure are treated as forms of reverence that make offerings truly reach the Pitṛs.
This verse is procedural within the Tīrthamāhātmya context; it does not name a specific tīrtha in the snippet.
Dismiss the Brāhmaṇa with the mantra “abhiramyatām” and prepare two darbha blades with intact, unsplit tips as the pavitra for the ekoddiṣṭa rite.
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