Shiva Purana

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अकृत्वा भस्मना स्नानं न जपेद्वै षडक्षरम् । त्रिपुंड्रं च रचित्वा तु विधिना भस्मना जपेत् २२ ।

No one shall repeat the six-syllabled mantra without applying ashes on the body. After making the Tripuṇḍra with the ashes he shall perform the Japa.

english translation

akRtvA bhasmanA snAnaM na japedvai SaDakSaram | tripuMDraM ca racitvA tu vidhinA bhasmanA japet 22 |

hk transliteration by Sanscript