Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
मंत्रावेतौ समुच्चार्य यः कुर्याद्दंतधावनम् । वनस्पतिगतः सोमस्तस्य नित्यं प्रसीदति
maṃtrāvetau samuccārya yaḥ kuryāddaṃtadhāvanam | vanaspatigataḥ somastasya nityaṃ prasīdati
இந்த இரு மந்திரங்களையும் முறையாக உச்சரித்து யார் பல் துலக்குகிறாரோ, தாவரங்களில் உறையும் சோமன் அவர்மேல் எப்போதும் பிரசன்னனாக இருப்பான்.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee recites two mantras, then performs tooth-cleaning with a sacred twig; Soma is visualized as a cool lunar essence residing in the plant, blessing the practitioner.
FAQs
Purification becomes a devotional act when joined with mantra, attracting divine grace (prasāda).
The setting is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but the verse itself emphasizes household ritual purity rather than a named tīrtha.
Recite the two mantras and then perform dantadhāvana; this is said to please Soma present in vegetation.