Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
स्नानं कृत्वा ततो देवि मंत्रराजेन संयुतम् । हरेफौ बिंदु लक्ष्मीश्च तथाऽन्यो दीर्घया सह
snānaṃ kṛtvā tato devi maṃtrarājena saṃyutam | harephau biṃdu lakṣmīśca tathā'nyo dīrghayā saha
স্নান কৰি, হে দেবী, তাৰ পাছত ‘মন্ত্ৰৰাজ’ জপ কৰিব লাগে—‘হ’ আৰু ৰেফ (ৰ) যুক্ত, বিন্দু (অনুনাসিক) আৰু ‘শ্ৰী/লক্ষ্মী’ সহ, আৰু দীঘল মাত্ৰাযুক্ত অন্য অক্ষৰসহ যথাবিধি গঠিত।
Skanda (deduced; vocative 'devi' indicates instruction addressed to the Goddess/listener in-frame)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: At Prabhāsa’s sacred waters, a pilgrim completes snāna; a teacher-like figure indicates the mantra’s syllabic components (ha, ra, bindu, śrī, dīrgha) as luminous akṣaras hovering above a water-lotus; the sea-breeze and Somnātha’s sacred aura pervade the scene.
FAQs
After purification, mantra becomes the refined vehicle of devotion—sound is treated as a precise sacred technology.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, continuing the prescribed sequence of snāna and mantra for Sūrya-oriented rites.
After bathing, employ the mantrarāja, described through its phonetic components (ha, repha, bindu, śrī, and a long-vowel element).