Skandapurana 2.4.4.4.1

2.4.4.4.1

.. brahmovāca .. ..
nāḍīdvayāvaśiṣṭāyāṃ rātryāṃ gacchejjalāśayam ..
tulasīmṛttikāyuktaḥ savastrakalaśo mune .. 1 ..
āgatya toyanikaṭe tīre saṃsthāpya pātrakam ..
pādaprakṣālanaṃ kṛtvā deśakālādi coccaret .. 2 ..
smaredgaṃgādikā nadyo viṣṇuśarvādidevatāḥ ..
nābhimātre jale sthitvā maṃtrametamudīrayet .. 3 ..
kārtike'haṃ kariṣyāmi prātaḥsnānaṃ janārdana ..
prītyarthaṃ tava deveśa dāmodara mayā saha .. 4 ..
nitye naimittike kṛtvā kārtike pāpanāśana ..
snānaṃ cārghaṃ pradāsyāmi nirvighnaṃ kuru keśava .. 5 ..
tīrthādidevatābhyaśca kramādarghyādi dāpayet ..
gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ rādhayā sahito hare .. 6 ..
namaḥ kamalanābhāya namaste jalaśāyine ..
namaste'stu hṛṣīkeśa gṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo'stu te .. 7 ..
vratinaḥ kārtike māsi snātasya vidhivanmama ..
gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ danujeṃdraniṣūdana .. 8 ..
kiraṇā dhūtapāpā ca puṇyatoyā sarasvatī ..
gaṃgā ca yamunā caiva paṃcanadyaḥ punaṃtu mām .. 9 ..
anyāsāṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca dadyādarghyaṃ yathāvidhi ..
jāhnavīsmaraṇaṃ kuryātsarvatīrtheṣu mānavaḥ .. 2.4.4.10 ..
nānyattīrthaṃ tu jāhnavyāṃ smaraṇīyaṃ kadācana ..
etānmaṃtrānsamuccārya malasnānaṃ samācaret .. 11 ..
mṛtsnānaṃ ca pitṛsnānaṃ gurusnānaṃ tataḥ param ..
tatastu pāvamānībhirabhiṣiṃcetsvamastakam .. 12 ..
aghamarṣaṇakaṃ kṛtvā snānāṃgaṃ tarpaṇaṃ tathā ..
tataḥ puruṣasūktena jalaṃ śirasi siṃcayet .. 13 ..
tatastu bahirāgatya tīrthaṃ śirasi nikṣipet..
tīrthaṃ pītvā trivāraṃ tu tulasīṃ gṛhya pāṇinā.. 14 ..
tato jalādviniṣkramya cāṃcalaṃ pīḍayedbahiḥ..

Brahmā said: / When two nāḍīs remain of the night, one should go to a reservoir of water, / bringing tulasī and clay, and carrying a water-pot with a cloth, O sage. (1) / Having arrived near the water and placed the pot on the bank, / having washed one's feet, one should recite the place, time, and so forth. (2) / One should remember the Gaṅgā and other rivers, and deities headed by Viṣṇu and Śarva. / Standing in navel-deep water, one should utter this mantra: (3) / 'In Kārtika, I shall perform the morning ritual ablution, O Janārdana, / for your pleasure, O Lord of gods, O Dāmodara, along with [you]. (4) / Having performed my regular and occasional duties in Kārtika, O destroyer of sin, / I shall offer a bath and water of oblation; make it free from obstacles, O Keśava.' (5) / And one should offer water of oblation and the rest in order to the deities of the sacred ford and others: / 'Accept the water of oblation offered by me together with Rādhā, O Hari! (6) / Homage to the lotus-naveled one! Homage to you who recline on the waters! / Homage be to you, Hṛṣīkeśa! Accept the water of oblation; homage be to you! (7) / For me, a practitioner of vows who have bathed according to the rule in the month of Kārtika, / accept the water of oblation offered by me, O slayer of the chief of Danujas! (8) / May Kiraṇā, Dhūtapāpā, and Sarasvatī of holy waters, / and Gaṅgā and Yamunā—the five rivers—purify me.' (9) / And one should offer water of oblation to other rivers according to the rule. / A man should make remembrance of Jāhnavī in all sacred fords; (10) / but at Jāhnavī, no other sacred ford should ever be remembered. / Having uttered these mantras, one should perform the bath for cleansing dirt; (11) / and then the bath with clay, the bath for the ancestors, and the bath for the guru. / Then one should sprinkle one's head with the Pāvamānī hymns. (12) / Having performed the Aghamarṣaṇa rite and the water-libation as an ancillary of the bath, / one should then sprinkle water on one's head with the Puruṣasūkta. (13) / Then, having come outside, one should place the water of the sacred ford upon one's head; / having sipped the holy water three times, taking a tulasī leaf in hand, (14) / then having stepped out of the water, one should wring out the hem [of the cloth] outside: (15cd)