Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
आस्यतामासनमिदं भुज्यतां स्वेच्छया मुने । इत्युक्तोऽघोरमंत्रं स जपन्कल्पांतकारकम् । धुर्यासनमथासाद्य निषसाद महामुनिः
āsyatāmāsanamidaṃ bhujyatāṃ svecchayā mune | ityukto'ghoramaṃtraṃ sa japankalpāṃtakārakam | dhuryāsanamathāsādya niṣasāda mahāmuniḥ
“முனிவரே, இந்த ஆசனத்தில் அமருங்கள்; விருப்பம்போல் உண்ணுங்கள்.” என்று கூறப்பட்டதும், மகாமுனி கல்பாந்த-நாசகமான அகோர மந்திரத்தை ஜபித்தபடி சிறந்த ஆசனத்தை அணுகி அமர்ந்தார்।
Ilvala (inviting); Narrator (describing Agastya’s action)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A daitya-host gestures toward an ornate seat and lavish fare; the sage approaches calmly, silently repeating the Aghora-mantra, aura of Śiva’s fierce protection around him.
FAQs
Mantra-japa and inner purity protect the practitioner; spiritual power is portrayed as superior to demonic schemes.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where sacred power and dharma are shown to be operative and victorious.
Japa of the Aghora-mantra is explicitly mentioned (as a protective and potent spiritual act).