Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

उत्तरे रामनाथस्य लिंगं स्वेनाहृतं मुदा । आज्ञया रामचन्द्रस्य स्थापयामास वायुजः

Transliteration

uttare rāmanāthasya liṃgaṃ svenāhṛtaṃ mudā | ājñayā rāmacandrasya sthāpayāmāsa vāyujaḥ

Translation

Im Norden brachte der Sohn des Vāyu voller Freude aus eigener Kraft einen Liṅga des Rāmanātha herbei und errichtete ihn auf Befehl Rāmacandras.

Word by Word

• उत्तरे: in the northern (side/place)
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• रामनाथस्य: of Rāmanātha
• रामनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma-nātha (प्रातिपदिक; राम + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• स्वेन: by himself / with his own (means)
• स्वेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• आहृतम्: brought
• आहृतम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√hṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ विशेषण

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Hetu/Prakara (Manner/Cause nuance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; भाव/हेतु (instrumental of manner)

• आज्ञया: by the command
• आज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (by order)

• रामचन्द्रस्य: of Rāmacandra
• रामचन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma-candra (प्रातिपदिक; राम + चन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• स्थापयामास: installed / caused to be established
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्, causative) + लिट् (perfect)
• Form: कर्तरि, लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; causative ‘caused to be placed/installed’

• वायुजः: the son of Vāyu (Hanumān)
• वायुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu-ja (प्रातिपदिक; वायु + ज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha–Setu-kṣetra (uttara-bhāga liṅga-sthāpana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas (Naimiṣāraṇya setting implied by Sūta frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān (Vāyuja) arrives north of Rāmanātha carrying a Śiva-liṅga with reverent joy; Rāma’s command is implied; the liṅga is set upon a prepared pedestal with attendants and vānaras witnessing.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Hanūmān (Vāyuja)
• Rāmacandra
• Rāmanātha Liṅga
• Setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expresses itself through consecration and service: sacred installations done under divine command become enduring sources of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvaram) sacred landscape, especially the northern placement of a liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) performed by Hanūmān under Rāma’s instruction.