Skanda said I shall now describe a duty that is approved of by me. Do ye listen to it with rapt attention. That person who takes a little earth from the horns of a bull of blue color, smears his body therewith for three days, and them performs his ablutions, wins great merits. Hear what those merits are. By such a deed he would wash away every stain and evil, and acquire sovereign sway hereafter.
स्कन्द उवाच ममाप्यनुमतो धर्मस्तं शृणुध्वं समाहिताः। नीलपण्डस्य श्रृंगाभ्यां मृत्तिकां तु यः॥ अभिषेकं त्र्यहं कुर्यात् तस्य धर्म निबोधता शोधयेदशुभं सर्वमाधिपत्यं परत्र च॥