Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37
जजाप परमं जाप्यं नान्यत्र कुरुते श्रमम् । ततो माता निरीक्ष्यैव सपत्नीतनयांस्तथा
jajāpa paramaṃ jāpyaṃ nānyatra kurute śramam | tato mātā nirīkṣyaiva sapatnītanayāṃstathā
كان يلهج بأسمى ما يُتلى في الجَپَا من مَنترَةٍ، ولا يُجهد نفسه في غير ذلك. ثم إنّ الأم، لمّا راقبت كذلك أبناءَ الضَّرّة، اعتصرها الأسى في قلبها.
Unnamed narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Harikandira (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A young ascetic-like householder seated near the Hari-temple, absorbed in japa with mālā; in the background, the mother watches anxiously, glancing toward the co-wife’s sons.
FAQs
Single-pointed japa is depicted as a powerful discipline, yet the narrative also shows how worldly comparison and household rivalry can cloud the mind.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
Japa of a “parama jāpya” (supreme mantra) is mentioned, though the mantra itself is not specified.