Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
प्रकृतीनां रामनाम संमतो वा षडक्षरः । सोऽपि प्रणवहीनः स्यात्पुराणस्मृतिनिर्णयः
prakṛtīnāṃ rāmanāma saṃmato vā ṣaḍakṣaraḥ | so'pi praṇavahīnaḥ syātpurāṇasmṛtinirṇayaḥ
সাধাৰণ লোকৰ বাবে ‘ৰাম-নাম’ বুলি মান্য ষড়াক্ষৰ মন্ত্র গ্ৰহণীয়; আৰু সেয়াও প্ৰণৱ (ওঁ) বিহীন হ’ব—এইয়াই পুৰাণ আৰু স্মৃতিসকলৰ নিৰ্ণয়।
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Scene: A teaching tableau where the name ‘Rāma’ is presented as a simple, luminous mantra for the many; the syllables ‘रा’ ‘म’ appear as radiant script, suggesting ease and grace.
FAQs
The Purāṇic tradition frames accessible devotional practice through approved name-mantras suited to the practitioner.
No specific site is mentioned; the verse is doctrinal guidance on mantra form within the māhātmya setting.
For certain practitioners, the six-syllable Rāma-nāma is prescribed without prefacing Oṃ (praṇava).