Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71
अशेषवेदोपनिषत्पुराणशास्त्रावतंसोऽयमघांतकारी । पंचाक्षरस्यैव महाप्रभावो मया समासात्कथितो वरिष्ठः
aśeṣavedopaniṣatpurāṇaśāstrāvataṃso'yamaghāṃtakārī | paṃcākṣarasyaiva mahāprabhāvo mayā samāsātkathito variṣṭhaḥ
هذا التعليمُ هو تاجُ جميعِ الفيداتِ والأوبانيشادِ والبوراناتِ والشاسترات، وهو مُبيدُ الآثام. وقد أعلنتُ بإيجازٍ، أيها الفاضل، عظمةَ تأثيرِ البَنْجَاكْشَرَا وحدَه.
Śrī Guru (concluding praise)
Listener: Variṣṭha/Rājendra (king)
Scene: The sage, like a teacher concluding a discourse, holds a manuscript; above him appear symbolic layers—Vedas, Upaniṣads, Purāṇas—converging into the five-syllabled mantra shining like a crown.
FAQs
The Pañcākṣarī is upheld as a supreme, scripturally endorsed means for destroying sin and establishing dharmic purity.
No specific tīrtha is glorified; the verse glorifies the mantra itself as a universal purifier.
Implicit prescription: devotionally practice the Pañcākṣara (Śaiva Pañcākṣarī) as a principal sādhanā for purification.