Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87
कुयादृतं च मंत्रेण विधिज्ञस्त्वघमर्षणम् । निमज्ज्याप्सु च यो विद्वाञ्जपेत्त्रिरघमर्षणम्
kuyādṛtaṃ ca maṃtreṇa vidhijñastvaghamarṣaṇam | nimajjyāpsu ca yo vidvāñjapettriraghamarṣaṇam
Người thông hiểu nghi lễ hãy cử hành Aghamarṣaṇa bằng thần chú Ṛta. Và bậc học giả khi ngâm mình trong nước hãy trì tụng Aghamarṣaṇa ba lần.
Skanda (deduced from Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa narrative style within Brahmakhaṇḍa)
Type: ghat
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa stands waist-deep in clear water, eyes half-closed, reciting Aghamarṣaṇa; ripples circle outward as if sins dissolve into light.
FAQs
Sin is removed through disciplined mantra-practice aligned with Ṛta (truth/order), not by casual ritual.
No single tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on universally applicable mantra-vidhi within the Dharmāraṇya teaching.
While immersed in water, the Aghamarṣaṇa is to be recited three times by one who knows the proper procedure.