Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14
नमस्कारेण जीवत्वं शिवेऽत्र परमात्मनि । ऐक्यं गतमतो मंत्रः परब्रह्ममयो ह्यसौ
namaskāreṇa jīvatvaṃ śive'tra paramātmani | aikyaṃ gatamato maṃtraḥ parabrahmamayo hyasau
Mediante el acto de reverente salutación (namaskāra), la condición de individualidad se funde aquí en Śiva, el Supremo Sí mismo. Por ello, este mantra está verdaderamente hecho del Parabrahman.
Deductive attribution: Purāṇic narrator in Brahmottara-khaṇḍa (likely Sūta/compilational voice)
Scene: A devotee or sage offering namaskāra; the outline of the individual self dissolves into a vast Śiva-light; the pañcākṣarī appears as a bridge of sound turning into silence and unity.
FAQs
True surrender (‘namaḥ’) dissolves egoic individuality and reveals unity with Śiva, the Supreme Self.
No site is specified; the verse emphasizes inner transformation through mantra and surrender.
Namaskāra/surrender as embedded in mantra-recitation (japa of ‘namaḥ’ to Śiva).