Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
षडक्षरेण मंत्रेण लिंगस्योपरि भक्तितः । स तां गतिमवाप्नोति यांयां यांतीह यज्विनः
ṣaḍakṣareṇa maṃtreṇa liṃgasyopari bhaktitaḥ | sa tāṃ gatimavāpnoti yāṃyāṃ yāṃtīha yajvinaḥ
Par dévotion, en prononçant et en appliquant sur le liṅga le mantra aux six syllabes, il obtient la même destinée bienheureuse que celle qu’atteignent ici les sacrifiants et les pieux adorateurs.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Jāgeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee stands before a radiant liṅga, hands folded, uttering a six-syllabled mantra; subtle light rises from the liṅga, and in the background appear symbolic yajña fires and sages, indicating equal fruit.
FAQs
Devotional mantra-practice offered to the Śiva-liṅga grants the same exalted spiritual outcome as major sacrificial piety.
Jāgeśvara, a Śaiva tīrtha centered on the worship of the liṅga.
Use of a ṣaḍakṣara-mantra with devotion in relation to the liṅga (a form of mantra-japa/arcana).