Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
वांछितं लभते चाशु तस्येशस्य प्रभावतः । अष्टोत्तरशतं यावद्यो जपेत्पुरतः स्थितः
vāṃchitaṃ labhate cāśu tasyeśasya prabhāvataḥ | aṣṭottaraśataṃ yāvadyo japetpurataḥ sthitaḥ
وہ اس ایشور کے اثر سے فوراً اپنی مراد پا لیتا ہے، اگر وہ اس کے سامنے کھڑا ہو کر ایک سو آٹھ بار تک جپ کرے۔
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa (liṅga-tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-uttamāḥ
Scene: A devotee stands before the liṅga counting 108 recitations with a mālā; the atmosphere suggests quick fulfillment of a heartfelt wish through Śiva’s power.
FAQs
Focused repetition (japa) in the deity’s presence is taught as a potent discipline that bears swift fruit through divine grace.
The Rudraśīrṣa-liṅga tīrtha described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Perform japa while standing before the deity, up to 108 repetitions.