Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 207
अन्यः षडक्षरं मन्त्रं शुचिः श्रद्धासमन्वितः । जपेदहर्निशं मर्त्यः फलं ताभ्यां समं स्मृतम्
anyaḥ ṣaḍakṣaraṃ mantraṃ śuciḥ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ | japedaharniśaṃ martyaḥ phalaṃ tābhyāṃ samaṃ smṛtam
दुसरा मनुष्य—शुचिर्भूत व श्रद्धायुक्त—षडक्षरी मंत्राचा अहोरात्र जप करील; त्याचे फळ त्या दोघांइतकेच मानले आहे।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A solitary devotee seated in cleanliness, counting a mālā, with a subtle aura suggesting that his japa equals vast austerities performed elsewhere; background hints of ascetics and sacred landscapes fading into the mantra’s radiance.
FAQs
Steady, faithful mantra-japa is exalted as spiritually equivalent to extraordinary long-term austerity.
No single site is specified; the verse emphasizes practice (japa) within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya teaching.
Maintain purity and faith, and repeat the ṣaḍakṣara mantra continuously (day and night).