Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62
तथान्ये कोटिशो मंत्राः शैवाः कैवल्यहेतवः । ते सर्वे येन जप्ताः स्युर्यो बिभर्ति त्रिपुंड्रकम्
tathānye koṭiśo maṃtrāḥ śaivāḥ kaivalyahetavaḥ | te sarve yena japtāḥ syuryo bibharti tripuṃḍrakam
तसेच कैवल्याचे कारण असलेले कोट्यवधी शैव मंत्र—जो त्रिपुंड्र धारण करतो, त्याच्याकडून ते सर्व जपले गेले असे मानले जाते।
Unknown (contextual narrator within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)
Scene: A meditative devotee with Tripuṇḍra sits calmly; around him float countless mantra-syllables like luminous seeds dissolving into a single radiant Śiva-tattva, suggesting kaivalya.
FAQs
External Shaiva marks are treated as potent signs of inner devotion, credited with the fruit of extensive mantra-practice.
No site is specified; the theme is liberation-oriented Shaiva practice rather than sacred geography.
Tripuṇḍra-dhāraṇa is upheld as a key Shaiva observance, linked to the merit of japa of many mantras.