Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 127
त्वं सावित्रीमयो देव सर्वत्रैवापराजितः । मंत्र शर्वात्मको देवः षडक्षरवतां वरः
tvaṃ sāvitrīmayo deva sarvatraivāparājitaḥ | maṃtra śarvātmako devaḥ ṣaḍakṣaravatāṃ varaḥ
हे देवा, आपण सावित्री (गायत्री)मय आहात आणि सर्वत्र अपराजित आहात। हे देवा, आपण मंत्रस्वरूप, शर्व (शिव) यांचे आत्मस्वरूप, आणि षडक्षरी मंत्रधारकांमध्ये श्रेष्ठ आहात।
Viśvāmitra
Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)
Scene: Skanda as a radiant youth with a subtle Gāyatrī aura—threefold light (triadic radiance) behind him; a Śiva-linga or Śiva’s presence implied to show ‘śarvātmakatā’; mantra syllables (six-syllable motif) appear as six luminous petals around the deity, signifying ṣaḍakṣara excellence.
FAQs
Divine victory is rooted in mantra-power and alignment with Śiva-tattva; Skanda is praised as that invincible spiritual force.
No site is named; the verse is mantra-theological within the Skanda nāmāvalī.
Allusion to ṣaḍakṣara-mantra practice; the verse elevates Skanda as supreme among six-syllable mantra traditions.