[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) › 6.3.97.156 # Skandapurana 6.3.97.156 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.97.156 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.97.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97.156) akṣaraṃ ca japenmantraṃ sauraṃ vā śivadaivatam . athavā vaiṣṇavaṃ mantraṃ dvādaśākṣarasaṃjñitam .. 97.156 .. > And one should recite the monosyllabic mantra, or one sacred to the Sun or to Śiva, / or the Vaiṣṇava mantra known as the twelve-syllabled one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.97.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97.155) - [Next: 6.3.97.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97.157) - [Up: 6.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.97.156) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.97.156) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.97.156) · Pramāṇa