Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
गायत्रीसारमात्रोऽपि तत्र यः क्रियते जपः । ऋग्यजुःसामसहितः स भवेन्नात्र संशयः
gāyatrīsāramātro'pi tatra yaḥ kriyate japaḥ | ṛgyajuḥsāmasahitaḥ sa bhavennātra saṃśayaḥ
তাত যদি কোনোবাই গায়ত্ৰীৰ কেৱল সাৰ-মাত্ৰ জপো কৰে, সেই জপ ঋগ্, যজুঃ আৰু সামৰ শক্তিৰে সংযুক্ত হয়—ইয়াত কোনো সন্দেহ নাই।
Śiva (deduced from adhyāya-context)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: Audience within Revā-khaṇḍa instruction sequence
Scene: A meditator sits on kusa mat by the river, counting japa on rudrākṣa or fingers; above, three luminous streams or three Vedic symbols (Ṛg-Yajus-Sāman) converge into a single radiance labeled as Gāyatrī-sāra.
FAQs
Mantra practice performed at a powerful tīrtha is intensified, as if supported by the full Vedic current.
Brahmatīrtha in the Revā-khaṇḍa context.
Perform Gāyatrī-based japa (even in concise/essential form) at the tīrtha.
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