Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र कुण्डसमीपे तु पुरा रामेशधीमता । स्थापितं तन्महालिङ्गं रामेश्वर इति स्मृतम्

Transliteration

tatra kuṇḍasamīpe tu purā rāmeśadhīmatā | sthāpitaṃ tanmahāliṅgaṃ rāmeśvara iti smṛtam

Translation

Dort, nahe dem heiligen Teich, errichtete einst der weise Rāmeśa jenen großen Liṅga; er wird unter dem Namen „Rāmeśvara“ in Erinnerung gehalten.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• kuṇḍasamīpe: near the pond
• kuṇḍasamīpe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa-samīpa (प्रातिपदिक; कुण्ड + समीप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; अधिकरण

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (but/indeed)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/once)

• rāmeśadhīmatā: by the wise Rāmeśa
• rāmeśadhīmatā: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument in passive/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma-īśa-dhīmat (प्रातिपदिक; राम + ईश + धीमत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्तृकरण (agent in passive)

• sthāpitam: was established
• sthāpitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (was established)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• mahāliṅgam: the great liṅga
• mahāliṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-liṅga (प्रातिपदिक; महा + लिङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विषय/कर्म

• rāmeśvaraḥ: Rāmeśvara
• rāmeśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; राम + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; नाम (appositive name)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक (thus)

• smṛtam: is known/remembered
• smṛtam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (is remembered/called)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Prabhāsa) near Aṣṭapuṣkara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, serene and resolute, stands beside the pond with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa; sages assist as a black-stone liṅga is set upon a yoni-pīṭha; offerings of bilva leaves, flowers, and water from the kuṇḍa; a small shrine begins to rise in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara
• Rāmeśa
• Liṅga
• Kuṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Establishing and remembering Śiva as Rāmeśvara at a tīrtha sanctifies the place and anchors devotion through sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the area near a sacred kuṇḍa where the Rāmeśvara Liṅga is said to be established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/establishment of a Śiva-liṅga) is indicated as the foundational sacred act for the site.