Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

लाभस्तेषां जयस्तेषा मिह लोके परत्र च । रामनाथमहालिंगविषया यस्य शेमुषी

Transliteration

lābhasteṣāṃ jayasteṣā miha loke paratra ca | rāmanāthamahāliṃgaviṣayā yasya śemuṣī

Translation

À eux le gain, à eux la victoire, en ce monde et dans l’au-delà, à ceux dont l’intelligence demeure tournée vers le grand Liṅga de Rāmanātha.

Word by Word

• लाभः: gain
• लाभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• जयः: victory
• जयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/काल-निर्देशक (adverb: here/in this world)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परत्र: hereafter / in the next world
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थान/काल-निर्देशक (adverb: in the other world/thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction: and)

• रामनाथमहालिङ्गविषया: having as its object the great liṅga of Rāmanātha
• रामनाथमहालिङ्गविषया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रामनाथ + महालिङ्ग + विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रामनाथस्य महालिङ्गस्य विषयः) — ‘शेमुषी’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• शेमुषी: intelligence / understanding
• शेमुषी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेमुषी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within Setu-khaṇḍa frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee’s mind is depicted as a luminous thread connecting to the Rāmanātha mahāliṅga; on one side worldly ‘jaya’ symbols (banner, conch), on the other a radiant path upward signifying ‘paratra’ success.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Mahāliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Keeping one’s mind steadily oriented toward the sacred Liṅga is itself a powerful spiritual discipline yielding auspicious results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu, through praise of the Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is detailed; the prescription is sustained contemplation/intent focus on Rāmanātha’s Liṅga.