Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 103
यो जपेद्ब्राह्मणस्तस्याः सावित्रीं पुरतः स्थितः । तस्य यत्स्यात्फलं विप्राः श्रूयतां तद्वदामि वः
yo japedbrāhmaṇastasyāḥ sāvitrīṃ purataḥ sthitaḥ | tasya yatsyātphalaṃ viprāḥ śrūyatāṃ tadvadāmi vaḥ
যে ব্রাহ্মণ তার সম্মুখে দাঁড়িয়ে সাবিত্রী-মন্ত্র জপ করে, হে বিপ্রগণ, তার যে ফল হয় তা শোনো—আমি তোমাদের বলছি।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Chamatkārapura (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: viprāḥ/brāhmaṇas (addressed)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa stands before a revered feminine presence—either his wife as ritual partner or the Devi’s icon—reciting Sāvitrī; the mantra visualized as radiant syllables encircling the scene.
FAQs
Mantra-japa performed with proper orientation and devotion at a sacred site yields definable spiritual fruit, as promised by śāstra.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha context of Sāvitrī-devī worship in this adhyāya (connected with Chamatkārapura).
Japa of the Sāvitrī mantra while standing before the devī.