Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
रुद्राक्षाणां पंचमुखखस्तथा चैकमुखः स्मृतः । ये धारयंत्येकमुखं रुद्राक्षमनिशं नराः । रुद्रलोकं च गच्छंति मोदन्ते रुद्रसंनिधौ
rudrākṣāṇāṃ paṃcamukhakhastathā caikamukhaḥ smṛtaḥ | ye dhārayaṃtyekamukhaṃ rudrākṣamaniśaṃ narāḥ | rudralokaṃ ca gacchaṃti modante rudrasaṃnidhau
ในบรรดารุดรाक्षะทั้งหลาย รุดรाक्षะห้าพักตร์และหนึ่งพักตร์เป็นที่ระลึกถึงเป็นพิเศษ ผู้ใดสวมรุดรाक्षะหนึ่งพักตร์อยู่เนืองนิตย์ ผู้นั้นย่อมไปสู่รุดรโลก และชื่นบานในสำนักแห่งพระรุดระ
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), in narration to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Rudrākṣa (as śaiva sacred object) within Kedāra-mahātmya frame
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ / brāhmaṇas
Scene: A devotee wearing a single prominent ekamukha rudrākṣa at the throat/chest, meditating on Śiva; above, a luminous Rudra-loka vision with Śiva’s presence and attendant gaṇas, conveying ‘rejoicing in Rudra’s proximity’.
FAQs
Constant remembrance of Rudra through sacred emblems like rudrākṣa is said to lead to communion with Rudra.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa, where Kedāra’s Śaiva milieu frames these practices.
Continual wearing of the ekamukhī rudrākṣa is praised; pañcamukhī is also highlighted as especially revered.