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
ഷഡക്ഷരമന്ത്രം ഭക്തിയോടെ ലിംഗത്തിന്മേൽ ജപിച്ച്/അർപ്പിച്ചാൽ, ഇവിടെ യജ്വന്മാർ—പുണ്യശീല ഉപാസകർ—പ്രാപിക്കുന്ന അതേ പരമഗതിയെ അവൻ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
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).
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