Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
वेदो मंत्रमयः साक्षात्तथा सूक्तमयो भृशम् । सूक्ते प्रतिष्ठितो ह्यात्मा सर्वेषामपि देहिनाम्
vedo maṃtramayaḥ sākṣāttathā sūktamayo bhṛśam | sūkte pratiṣṭhito hyātmā sarveṣāmapi dehinām
Le Veda est, de façon immédiate, fait de mantras, et richement composé de sūktas, des hymnes sacrés. Dans ces hymnes, le Soi est établi pour tous les êtres incarnés.
Śiva (continuing Mahādeva’s speech)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nandin
Scene: Śiva expounds the Veda’s nature: a living body of mantras and hymns, wherein the Self is grounded for all beings—cosmic, luminous, and contemplative.
FAQs
Sacred sound (mantra and sūkta) is not mere ritual: it points to and supports realization of the Ātman in all beings.
Kedāra is the contextual sacred landscape; the verse emphasizes the sanctity of Vedic speech within that Shaiva setting.
No specific rite is prescribed, but the verse implicitly upholds mantra/hymn recitation as spiritually foundational.