Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
तत्रादौ जपयज्ञस्य फलं स्वस्त्ययनं महत् । शैवं षडक्षरं दिव्यं मंत्रमाहुर्महर्षयः
tatrādau japayajñasya phalaṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat | śaivaṃ ṣaḍakṣaraṃ divyaṃ maṃtramāhurmaharṣayaḥ
அதில் முதலில் ஜபயாகத்தின் பலன் மகத்தான ஸ்வஸ்த்யயனம்—மங்கள நலன்; மகரிஷிகள் தெய்வீகமான ஷைவ ஷடக்ஷர மந்திரத்தை அறிவிக்கின்றனர்.
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: A revelatory moment: sages (mahārṣis) declare a luminous six-syllabled Śaiva mantra; a subtle radiance emanates from a japa-mālā or from the syllables themselves.
FAQs
The sure beginning of spiritual welfare is mantra-japa, especially the Śaiva ṣaḍakṣara revered by sages.
No geographic tīrtha is named; the mantra itself functions as a universal purifier across all places.
Practice of japa is recommended, centered on the divine six-syllabled Śiva mantra (commonly “oṃ namaḥ śivāya”).