Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

रामनाथमहालिंगद्रष्टुर्दर्शनमात्रतः । अन्येषां प्राणिनां पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति

Transliteration

rāmanāthamahāliṃgadraṣṭurdarśanamātrataḥ | anyeṣāṃ prāṇināṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

Translation

Schon durch den bloßen Anblick dessen, der den großen Liṅga Rāmanāthas geschaut hat, wird die Sünde anderer Wesen in eben jenem Augenblick vernichtet.

Word by Word

• रामनाथमहालिङ्गद्रष्टुः: of the seer of Rāmanātha’s great liṅga
• रामनाथमहालिङ्गद्रष्टुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (रामनाथस्य महालिङ्गस्य द्रष्टा)

• दर्शनमात्रतः: merely by the act of seeing
• दर्शनमात्रतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दर्शनस्य मात्रम्)

• अन्येषाम्: of other
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (प्राणिनाम्)

• प्राणिनाम्: of living beings
• प्राणिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (तत् क्षणः)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Brāhma-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātheśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant pilgrim returning from Rāmanātheśvara darśana walks through a village; people who merely see him are washed in a wave of light, with dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolving instantly.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Mahāliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is transmissible: contact with a sanctified pilgrim purifies others, highlighting the power of satsanga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu, via the Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—seeing the one who has had darśana of Rāmanātha’s great liṅga.