[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 5.260.57 # Skandapurana 5.260.57 Skandapurāṇa 5.260.57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.260.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.260.57) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. akṣaratrayasaṃyukto mantro'yaṃ sakṛdakṣaraḥ .. māghamāsahitaścāyamamākṣohenaścāyamamāyo viśvapāvanaḥ .. viṣṇugamyo viṣṇu madhyo mantratrayasamanvitaḥ .. turīyakalayā'śeṣabrahmāṃḍagaṇasevitaḥ 57 .. > Īśvara said: / This mantra, composed of three syllables, is imperishable when uttered once. / It is beneficial in the month of Māgha, free from agitation, free from illusion, the purifier of the universe; / attainable by Viṣṇu, centered on Viṣṇu, endowed with three mantras, / served by the entire host of universes through its fourth digit. (56–57) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.260.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.260.55) - [Next: 5.260.988](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.260.988) - [Up: 5.260](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.260) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.260.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.260.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.260.57) · Pramāṇa