Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां चैव वर्णानामखिलाश्रमिणामपि । रामेश्वरमहालिंगदर्शनादेव केवलात्

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ caiva varṇānāmakhilāśramiṇāmapi | rāmeśvaramahāliṃgadarśanādeva kevalāt

Translation

Für alle Varṇas und sogar für die Angehörigen jedes Āśrama: durch den bloßen Anblick des Großen Liṅga von Rāmeśvara allein.

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्व-विशेषणम् (genitive plural: 'of all')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• वर्णानाम्: of the social classes (varṇas)
• वर्णानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• अखिल: entire/all
• अखिल: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘āśramiṇām’)

• आश्रमिणाम्: of those in the āśramas (life-stages)
• आश्रमिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रमिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• रामेश्वर: Rāmeśvara (Lord of Rāma)
• रामेश्वर: Sambandha (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य ईश्वरः); नपुंसकलिङ्गे (लिङ्ग-समन्वयः ‘लिङ्ग’ इति), सप्तमी-एकवचन/षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे पूर्वपदम् (in compound)

• महा: great
• महा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्गम्; विशेषणपूर्वपद (great)

• लिङ्ग: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्ग: Sambandha (Head of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, (समासान्तर्गतं)

• दर्शनात्: from (the) seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause)

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• केवलात्: from mere (act) alone
• केवलात्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to ‘darśanāt’: ‘from mere/only’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga (Rāmanātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims of all stations—brahmin, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra; brahmacārin, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsin—stand together before the towering Rāmeśvara liṅga within a temple corridor, hands folded, lamps flickering, sea-breeze implied beyond.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara
• Mahāliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred power of Rāmeśvara is universally accessible—darśana itself becomes a direct spiritual means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram, specifically the Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—taking the holy sight of the Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga.