Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
अघोरं वा जपेन्मन्त्रं गायत्र्यं च महेश्वरम् । षण्मासाभ्यन्तरेणैव जपेच्च मुनिसत्तमाः । अणिमादिगुणैश्वर्यं संसिद्धिं प्राप्नुयाद्ध्रुवम्
aghoraṃ vā japenmantraṃ gāyatryaṃ ca maheśvaram | ṣaṇmāsābhyantareṇaiva japecca munisattamāḥ | aṇimādiguṇaiśvaryaṃ saṃsiddhiṃ prāpnuyāddhruvam
किंवा तो अघोर मंत्राचा जप करील आणि महेश्वर गायत्रीचाही। हे मुनिश्रेष्ठांनो, सहा महिन्यांच्या आत हा जप केल्यास तो निश्चयाने अणिमा इत्यादी सिद्धी-ऐश्वर्य व पूर्ण संसिद्धी प्राप्त करतो।
Narrator (within Īśvara–Devī dialogue context)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara/Siddhanātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni-sattamāḥ (explicit vocative)
Scene: A disciplined sādhaka sits near the Siddheśvara shrine, counting rudrākṣa beads, chanting Aghora and the Maheśvara Gāyatrī over months; subtle aura suggests emerging aṇimā-like siddhi.
FAQs
Steady, time-bound mantra practice (japa-niyama) is praised as a direct means to spiritual accomplishment under Śiva’s grace.
The Siddheśvara context within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where japa and worship are said to yield swift fruition.
Japa of the Aghora mantra and/or Maheśvara Gāyatrī for a disciplined period of six months.