तस्मात्सर्वप्रदो मंत्रः सोऽयं पञ्चाक्षरः स्मृतः । स्त्रीभिः शूद्रैश्च संकीर्णैर्धार्यते मुक्तिकांक्षिभिः
tasmātsarvaprado maṃtraḥ so'yaṃ pañcākṣaraḥ smṛtaḥ | strībhiḥ śūdraiśca saṃkīrṇairdhāryate muktikāṃkṣibhiḥ
ಆದುದರಿಂದ ಸರ್ವಫಲಪ್ರದ ಈ ಮಂತ್ರವು ‘ಪಂಚಾಕ್ಷರ’ವೆಂದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ. ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರು, ಶೂದ್ರರು ಹಾಗೂ ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣವರ್ಣೀಯರೂ—ಮೋಕ್ಷಕಾಂಕ್ಷಿಗಳು—ಇದನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ ಜಪಿಸಬೇಕು.
Not explicit in snippet (contextual narrator voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A diverse assembly—women, Śūdras, and mixed communities—sit in a simple shrine space before a Śiva-liṅga, counting rudrākṣa beads, the pañcākṣara syllables appearing as luminous letters around them.
Liberation-oriented devotion is open to all; the five-syllabled Śiva-mantra is praised as universally beneficent.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on the universal efficacy of the pañcākṣara mantra.
The prescription is to ‘hold/recite’ (dhāryate) the pañcākṣara mantra as a means toward mukti.