Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
मात्रया रेफसंयुक्तो हकारो बिंदुना सह । सकारः सविसर्गस्तु मंत्रराजोऽयमुच्यते
mātrayā rephasaṃyukto hakāro biṃdunā saha | sakāraḥ savisargastu maṃtrarājo'yamucyate
ମାତ୍ରାଯୁକ୍ତ ରେଫ (ର) ସଂଯୁକ୍ତ ‘ହ’ ଅକ୍ଷର ବିନ୍ଦୁ ସହ; ଏବଂ ବିସର୍ଗଯୁକ୍ତ ‘ସ’ ଅକ୍ଷର—ଏହିଟିକୁ ‘ମନ୍ତ୍ରରାଜ’ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ।
Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A didactic tableau: the mantra appears as luminous syllables—‘ह’ joined with ‘र’ and bindu, and ‘सः’ with visarga—floating above a ritual vessel; the pilgrim listens attentively, hands in añjali, with Prabhāsa’s sacred landscape behind.
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.