सानुस्वारोकारयुतो हकारः फट्समन्वितः । अनेनास्त्रेण संगृह्य स्नानं तत्र समाचरेत्
sānusvārokārayuto hakāraḥ phaṭsamanvitaḥ | anenāstreṇa saṃgṛhya snānaṃ tatra samācaret
اَستر منتر ‘ہوں’ ہے—ہکار کے ساتھ اوکار، انُسوار سمیت، اور ‘پھٹ’ کے ساتھ یُکت۔ اس اَستر سے (پاک مٹی) جمع کر کے وہیں اشنان کرے۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual snāna at associated tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa gathers purified clay/earth, silently forms the astra-syllable ‘hoṃ’ with ‘phaṭ’, preparing for ritual bathing at the sacred shore.
Ritual purity is guarded by mantra: sound-formulas are presented as spiritual protections that sanctify action.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the context of its prescribed mantra-aided bathing procedure.
Use the specified astra-mantra (hakāra with okāra and anusvāra, plus phaṭ) while collecting and then performing snāna.