Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62
तथान्ये कोटिशो मंत्राः शैवाः कैवल्यहेतवः । ते सर्वे येन जप्ताः स्युर्यो बिभर्ति त्रिपुंड्रकम्
tathānye koṭiśo maṃtrāḥ śaivāḥ kaivalyahetavaḥ | te sarve yena japtāḥ syuryo bibharti tripuṃḍrakam
So too, countless other Śaiva mantras that are causes of liberation—by the one who wears the Tripuṇḍra, all of those are considered as though they have been recited.
Unknown (contextual narrator within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)
Scene: A meditative devotee with Tripuṇḍra sits calmly; around him float countless mantra-syllables like luminous seeds dissolving into a single radiant Śiva-tattva, suggesting kaivalya.
FAQs
External Shaiva marks are treated as potent signs of inner devotion, credited with the fruit of extensive mantra-practice.
No site is specified; the theme is liberation-oriented Shaiva practice rather than sacred geography.
Tripuṇḍra-dhāraṇa is upheld as a key Shaiva observance, linked to the merit of japa of many mantras.