[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 1.4.41.55 # Skandapurana 1.4.41.55 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.41.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.41.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.41.55) svaśarīramālabhet anena maṃtreṇa.. oṃkhakholkāya namaḥ.. saptavārānuccārya sthātavyam.. tena śuddhirupasaṃjāyate dehasyārcārhatā bhavati.. paścādāsanasthaṃ devaṃ savitāraṃ maṃḍalamadhye dvādaśātmakaṃ surādibhiḥ saṃpūjyamānaṃ dhyātvā pūrvoktamarghapātraṃ śirasi kṛtvā bhūmau jānunī nipātya sūryābhimukhastadgatamanābhūtvārghamaṃtramudāharet.. taducyate sūryavaktrādvinirgatamiti.. 43.55 .. > One should touch one's own body with this mantra: / 'Oṃ, homage to Khakholka.' / One should stand having recited it seven times. / By that, purification arises, and the body becomes fit for worship. / Afterward, having meditated upon the god Savitṛ seated on his seat in the middle of the maṇḍala, twelve-souled, being worshipped by the gods and others; having placed the previously mentioned arghya vessel on one's head; having lowered both knees to the earth; facing the sun with a mind fixed on him, one should utter the arghya mantra. / It is spoken as having issued from the mouth of the sun: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.41.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.41.54) - [Next: 1.4.41.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.41.56) - [Up: 1.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.41) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.41.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.41.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.41.55) · Pramāṇa