Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71
अशेषवेदोपनिषत्पुराणशास्त्रावतंसोऽयमघांतकारी । पंचाक्षरस्यैव महाप्रभावो मया समासात्कथितो वरिष्ठः
aśeṣavedopaniṣatpurāṇaśāstrāvataṃso'yamaghāṃtakārī | paṃcākṣarasyaiva mahāprabhāvo mayā samāsātkathito variṣṭhaḥ
ಈ ಉಪದೇಶವು ಸಮಸ್ತ ವೇದ-ಉಪನಿಷತ್-ಪುರಾಣ-ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳ ಶಿರೋಭೂಷಣವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಪಾಪನಾಶಕವೂ ಹೌದು. ಓ ಹಿರಿಯನೇ, ಪಂಚಾಕ್ಷರದ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಭಾವವನ್ನು ನಾನು ಸಂಕ್ಷೇಪವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಿದೆನು.
Śrī Guru (concluding praise)
Listener: Variṣṭha/Rājendra (king)
Scene: The sage, like a teacher concluding a discourse, holds a manuscript; above him appear symbolic layers—Vedas, Upaniṣads, Purāṇas—converging into the five-syllabled mantra shining like a crown.
FAQs
The Pañcākṣarī is upheld as a supreme, scripturally endorsed means for destroying sin and establishing dharmic purity.
No specific tīrtha is glorified; the verse glorifies the mantra itself as a universal purifier.
Implicit prescription: devotionally practice the Pañcākṣara (Śaiva Pañcākṣarī) as a principal sādhanā for purification.