Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
गायत्रीसारमात्रोऽपि तत्र यः क्रियते जपः । ऋग्यजुःसामसहितः स भवेन्नात्र संशयः
gāyatrīsāramātro'pi tatra yaḥ kriyate japaḥ | ṛgyajuḥsāmasahitaḥ sa bhavennātra saṃśayaḥ
وہاں اگر کوئی گایتری کے صرف سار کا بھی جپ کرے، تو وہ جپ رِگ، یجُس اور سام کی قوت سے یکت ہو جاتا ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Śiva (deduced from adhyāya-context)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: Audience within Revā-khaṇḍa instruction sequence
Scene: A meditator sits on kusa mat by the river, counting japa on rudrākṣa or fingers; above, three luminous streams or three Vedic symbols (Ṛg-Yajus-Sāman) converge into a single radiance labeled as Gāyatrī-sāra.
FAQs
Mantra practice performed at a powerful tīrtha is intensified, as if supported by the full Vedic current.
Brahmatīrtha in the Revā-khaṇḍa context.
Perform Gāyatrī-based japa (even in concise/essential form) at the tīrtha.