Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
ॐ नमो विष्णुरूपाय तीर्थनाथाय ते नमः । सान्निध्यं कुरु मे देव समुद्र लवणाम्भसि । इत्यामन्त्रणमन्त्रः
oṃ namo viṣṇurūpāya tīrthanāthāya te namaḥ | sānnidhyaṃ kuru me deva samudra lavaṇāmbhasi | ityāmantraṇamantraḥ
“โอม—ขอนอบน้อมแด่ท่านผู้มีรูปเป็นวิษณุ; ขอนอบน้อมแด่ท่าน ผู้เป็นนาถแห่งตีรถะทั้งปวง. ข้าแต่เทพเจ้า มหาสมุทรผู้มีน้ำเค็ม โปรดประทานสถิตสำนักของท่านแก่ข้าพเจ้าเถิด.”—นี่คือมนต์อัญเชิญ
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Tirtha: Samudra (Lavaṇāmbhas)
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee stands at the shoreline reciting ‘Oṁ namo viṣṇurūpāya…’, with the ocean depicted as a vast divine form—subtle Viṣṇu iconography emerging from waves—while a halo of presence surrounds the water.
FAQs
Sacred waters are approached as divine, and mantra-invocation sanctifies the act of bathing as communion with the tīrtha.
The Ocean (Samudra), honored as “Tīrthanātha,” the lordly source of tīrtha-power.
Recite the āmantraṇa-mantra to invoke the ocean’s sānnidhya before performing the ritual bath.