Which mantras are recited during Asthi Visarjan?

Hindu scriptures prescribe specific mantras for each stage of Asthi Visarjan. Upon arriving at the water body, the performer must face the South and recite **”Namo Astu Dharmaya”** (Salutations to Dharma). Then, while entering the water and releasing the urn, the performer recites **”Sa me Prito Bhavatu”** (May he be pleased with me). After exiting the water, the performer looks at the Sun and offers Dakshina to Brahmins. The specific Sanskrit mantras for sankalpa, invocation, and immersion vary slightly between Shakha traditions (Shukla Yajurveda, Krishna Yajurveda, Rig Veda, etc.), and our pandits use the correct mantras for your family’s tradition. If your gotra or shakha is unknown, the universally accepted Kashyap gotra and Yajurveda mantras are used.