अथ ते ददृशुस्तत्र विशाखं मुनिसत्तमाः । जपंतमसकृन्मत्रं तमेव चतुरक्षरम्
atha te dadṛśustatra viśākhaṃ munisattamāḥ | japaṃtamasakṛnmatraṃ tameva caturakṣaram
Alors les plus éminents des sages virent Viśākha en ce lieu, répétant sans relâche ce même mantra de quatre syllabes.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (vāl्मīka-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Within the hollow of the anthill sits Viśākha, austere and absorbed, lips moving in ceaseless repetition of a four-syllabled mantra; sages look on in stunned reverence.
Steady mantra-japa, especially in a holy kṣetra, becomes a direct means to inner purification and spiritual attainment.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a field where japa bears swift fruit.
Mantra-japa (repetition) of a caturakṣara (four-syllabled) mantra.