Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

भक्त्या ददाति तं रक्षेद्रामनाथो ह्यहर्निशम् । रामनाथमहालिंगे सांबे कारुणिके शिवे

Transliteration

bhaktyā dadāti taṃ rakṣedrāmanātho hyaharniśam | rāmanāthamahāliṃge sāṃbe kāruṇike śive

Translation

Quiconque donne avec dévotion—Rāmanātha le protège assurément jour et nuit ; car voici le grand Liṅga de Rāmanātha : Śiva, le compatissant, avec Śambā.

Word by Word

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instr., Singular)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present indicative, 3rd person singular)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Acc., Singular)

• रक्षेत्: should protect
• रक्षेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (आशीः/सम्भावना), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd person singular)

• रामनाथः: Rāmanātha
• रामनाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• अहर्निशम्: day and night, always
• अहर्निशम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहर् + निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial usage); द्वन्द्व-समासः (day-and-night)

• रामनाथमहालिङ्गे: in/at the great liṅga of Rāmanātha
• रामनाथमहालिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ + महा + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Loc., Singular); तत्पुरुषः (determinative)

• साम्बे: in (Śiva) who is with Umā
• साम्बे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Loc., Singular); विशेषणम् (epithet of Śiva: ‘with Umā’)

• कारुणिके: in the compassionate (one)
• कारुणिके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कारुणिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Loc., Singular); विशेषणम्

• शिवे: in Śiva
• शिवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Loc., Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside the sanctum: the great liṅga radiates; Śiva’s compassionate presence is suggested as a protective aura encircling a humble devotee offering water/flowers; Śambā/Umā appears beside as gentle, blessing presence; day-night cycle hinted by sun and moon motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Mahāliṅga
• Śiva
• Śambā (Umā/Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional giving invites the deity’s continual guardianship; grace is rooted in Śiva’s compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga at Rāmeśvaram (Setukhaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offerings/charity performed with bhakti; the stress is on the inner disposition rather than the material magnitude.