Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
मात्रया रेफसंयुक्तो हकारो बिंदुना सह । सकारः सविसर्गस्तु मंत्रराजोऽयमुच्यते
mātrayā rephasaṃyukto hakāro biṃdunā saha | sakāraḥ savisargastu maṃtrarājo'yamucyate
മാത്രയോടുകൂടി റേഫ (ര) സംയുക്തമായ ‘ഹ’ അക്ഷരം ബിന്ദുസഹിതം; കൂടാതെ വിസർഗസഹിതമായ ‘സ’ അക്ഷരം—ഇതെയാണ് ‘മന്ത്രരാജം’ എന്നു പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നത്।
Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; speaker not explicit in snippet)
FAQs
It exalts a supreme mantra (‘king of mantras’) and teaches that precise mantra-form (sound-structure) is itself a sacred vehicle of dharma and liberation.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented in this section as a place where mantra and daily rites bear heightened merit.
A technical identification/formation of the Mantrarāja using specific phonetic elements (mātrā, repha, bindu, visarga) for use in japa and associated rites.