Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
वैदिकं लौकिकं वापि जाप्यं जप्तं नरेश्वर । तत्क्षणाद्दहते सर्वं तृणं तु ज्वलनो यथा
vaidikaṃ laukikaṃ vāpi jāpyaṃ japtaṃ nareśvara | tatkṣaṇāddahate sarvaṃ tṛṇaṃ tu jvalano yathā
হে নৰেশ্বৰ, জপ বৈদিক হওক বা লৌকিক—যেতিয়া জপ কৰা হয়, তেতিয়াই ই সকলোকে তৎক্ষণাৎ দগ্ধ কৰে, যেন জ্বালাই শুকান ঘাঁহ দগ্ধ কৰে।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nareśvara / Pāṇḍava addressee
Scene: A devotee chanting with a small sacred fire (homa-agni) nearby; dry grass bundles symbolically ignite and vanish, representing sins consumed by japa.
FAQs
Sincere mantra-recitation is portrayed as immediately transformative, consuming impurity like fire consuming fuel.
The statement supports the mahatmya of the Bhīmeśvara-related tīrtha where such japa is recommended.
Japa (repetitive recitation) of mantras—Vedic or otherwise—is endorsed as a purificatory discipline.