Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
यस्य वृक्षस्य पुष्पं च तस्य स्याद्दन्तधावनम् । मातुलिंगेन तस्यास्तु मन्त्रेणानेन भक्तितः
yasya vṛkṣasya puṣpaṃ ca tasya syāddantadhāvanam | mātuliṃgena tasyāstu mantreṇānena bhaktitaḥ
从所供之花的同一棵树上，应取嫩枝以洁齿。并以香橼（mātuliṅga）为她奉行，依此真言而行，怀以虔敬。
Skanda (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At dawn near a temple garden, the devotee plucks a twig from the same flowering tree used for worship and performs dantadhāvana; a citron fruit is held for the next ritual step, with mantra recitation implied.
FAQs
Purity and worship are integrated—daily conduct (like cleansing) is aligned with the same sacred offering spirit.
The instruction is part of a tīrtha-centered chapter but this verse itself gives a vrata-ācāra detail, not a site-name.
Use a twig from the offering-flower tree for dantadhāvana; use mātuliṅga along with the prescribed mantra in devotion.
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