Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
ये भूतानामधीत्येवं ततः प्रोच्य प्रपूजयेत् । धूरसीति च मंत्रेण धूपं दद्यात्समाहितः
ye bhūtānāmadhītyevaṃ tataḥ procya prapūjayet | dhūrasīti ca maṃtreṇa dhūpaṃ dadyātsamāhitaḥ
یوں بھوتوں/عناصر سے متعلق منتر پڑھ کر، پھر انہیں بلند آواز سے سنا کر پوری عقیدت سے پوجا کرے۔ دل کو یکسو کر کے ‘دھور اَسی’ منتر کے ساتھ دھوپ نذر کرے۔
Skanda (deduced)
Scene: A yajamāna in a tīrtha precinct offers curling incense smoke before a deity/earth-form altar, hands steady, ritual vessels arranged; a priestly recitation atmosphere implied.
FAQs
Focused mind (samādhāna) and mantra-guided offerings transform ritual into conscious worship.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse details a standard worship step used in tīrtha-related rites.
Offer dhūpa (incense) while reciting the mantra ‘Dhūr asi’, after recitations related to the bhūtas/elements.