Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
अघमर्षं जपंश्चैव यः करिष्यति तोयगः । मम मूर्तेः पुरः स्थित्वा पैलमन्त्रपुरःसरम्
aghamarṣaṃ japaṃścaiva yaḥ kariṣyati toyagaḥ | mama mūrteḥ puraḥ sthitvā pailamantrapuraḥsaram
ผู้ใดถวายน้ำ แล้วสวดชปะบทอฆมรษณะ พร้อมทั้งยืนอยู่เบื้องหน้าพระรูปของเรา โดยเริ่มด้วยมนตร์ไพล—
Brahmā (continuing from v.21, first-person ‘mama mūrteḥ’)
Tirtha: Aghamarṣaṇa-japa with udaka offering before Brahmā’s mūrti (rite within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative)
Type: ghat
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ / pilgrims (generalized instruction)
Scene: A devotee stands before a deity image (Brahmā implied), holding a water vessel, pouring a libation while reciting Aghamarṣaṇa; priests nearby guide with palm-leaf/recitation cues.
FAQs
Purification is achieved by uniting devotion (standing before the deity’s form) with Vedic recitation and water-offerings performed in a tīrtha setting.
The act is situated before Brahmā’s mūrti within the chapter’s tīrtha/kṣetra context; the specific site-name is not repeated in this verse.
Perform toya-arpaṇa (water offering) and japa of the Aghamarṣaṇa, beginning with/preceded by the Paila-mantra, while standing before the deity’s image.