Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 110
त्रिकालं जप्त्वा मासोत्थं शिवाग्रे च त्रिमासिकम् । मासं जप्त्वाथ वर्षोत्थं वर्षं जप्त्वा शताब्दिकम्
trikālaṃ japtvā māsotthaṃ śivāgre ca trimāsikam | māsaṃ japtvātha varṣotthaṃ varṣaṃ japtvā śatābdikam
L’ayant récité aux trois moments du jour, on obtient le mérite né d’un mois; et s’il est récité devant Śiva durant trois mois, on atteint le mérite d’une observance de trois mois. Récité pendant un mois, il confère le mérite d’une année; récité pendant une année, il donne le mérite d’un rite de cent ans.
Sūta (deduced from immediate narrative context of Revā Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Śiva-sannidhi in Revākhaṇḍa (contextual)
Type: temple
Scene: A devotee recites at three sandhyās before a Śiva-liṅga; the sun’s positions (dawn, zenith, dusk) appear in a triptych; a calendar-like motif shows month, year, century as expanding halos of merit.
FAQs
Consistent sacred recitation (japa), especially before Śiva, multiplies merit beyond ordinary measures.
The Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape is implied through the ‘tīrthāvali’ context of Revā Khaṇḍa.
Japa at the three daily sandhyās, and sustained recitation for a month, three months, or a year—ideally in Śiva’s presence.