Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
जपतस्तस्य विप्रस्य इंद्रियाणि लयं ययुः । केवलं परमानंदस्वरूपोऽसावभूत्क्षणात्
japatastasya viprasya iṃdriyāṇi layaṃ yayuḥ | kevalaṃ paramānaṃdasvarūpo'sāvabhūtkṣaṇāt
அந்த அந்தணன் ஜபம் செய்து கொண்டிருக்கையில் அவன் இந்திரியங்கள் லயமடைந்து அமைதியுற்றன. ஒரு கணத்தில் அவன் பரமானந்த-ஸ்வரூபமாகவே ஆனான்.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa seated in japa; senses symbolically dissolving into a calm aura; the body steady, breath subtle, face serene, suggesting instantaneous absorption into supreme bliss.
FAQs
Sincere japa, supported by a powerful tīrtha, culminates in inner absorption—sense-withdrawal and direct taste of higher bliss.
The same gupta-kṣetra setting is implied; its power is shown by the immediate inner transformation produced during japa.
Mantra-japa is the practice; its described sign is indriya-laya (subsiding of the senses) and blissful absorption.