Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
तमेव मन्त्रं मन्त्रेण न्यासेन च विशेषतः । सम्यगाराधयामास संपूज्यात्मानमात्मना
tameva mantraṃ mantreṇa nyāsena ca viśeṣataḥ | samyagārādhayāmāsa saṃpūjyātmānamātmanā
اسی منتر کی اس نے منتر سادھنا سے، اور خصوصاً نیاس کے ذریعے، باقاعدہ عبادت کی؛ یوں اپنے ہی ذریعے اپنے ہی آتما کی پوجا کر کے اسے راضی کیا۔
Purāṇic narrator (contextual narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva performs ritual gestures: touching limbs in nyāsa, counting japa, offering inner flowers of awareness; a subtle mandala of syllables encircles him, suggesting mantra as living presence.
FAQs
True worship unites outer rite (nyāsa, mantra) with inner realization—honouring the divine within.
The broader chapter is a tīrtha-glorification, but this verse focuses on the correct ritual technique rather than naming a location.
Mantra-upāsanā performed with nyāsa (ritual installation of mantra on the body) as a special, emphasized method.