[Advaita-l] meaning for certain mantras

[Bhaskar YR]

> am sure that this mantra, followed by "aapo hishThaa mayo bhuvah..."
> (which is a prayer to the waters to be good for the saadhaka) is a part
> of the sandhyaa vidhi followed by many.

We ourselves don't use that mantra for marjana but during panchamrtasnana
in puja.

praNAms
Hare Krishna

Here in South India most of the people use Apo hishThaa maNtra for
shuddhOdaka snAnaM & hiraNyavarNAshuchayaH pAvakAyAsu jAtaH kashyapo
yAsvindraH..... for *malApakarshaNa snAnam* and after each paNchAmruta
dravya (like milk, curd, ghee, honeyetc. ) abhishekaM. we use either
sadyOjAtAdi maNtra or chaturvEdArambha maNtrAH & upanishad maNtra.  In
sandhyA also along with apavitraH pavitrOva, we use Apo hishThA &
hiraNyavarNAH mantra-s...During bath, we chant aghamarshaNa sUkta from
tatitireeya mahAnArAyaNa.

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar