Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

रामनाथमहालिंगं शरणं याति चेन्नरः । दौर्मत्यं तस्य नास्त्येव शिवलोकं च यास्यति

Transliteration

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ śaraṇaṃ yāti cennaraḥ | daurmatyaṃ tasya nāstyeva śivalokaṃ ca yāsyati

Translation

Si l’homme prend refuge dans le grand Liṅga de Rāmanātha, la perversité d’esprit ne demeurera pas en lui, et il ira au monde de Śiva.

Word by Word

• रामनाथमहालिङ्गम्: the great liṅga of Rāmanātha
• रामनाथमहालिङ्गम्: Gati/Karma (Destination as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ-महा-लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः: ‘रामनाथस्य महालिङ्गम्’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + ‘महा’ उपसर्गवत् विशेषणपूर्वपद

• शरणम्: as refuge
• शरणम्: Gati/Karma (Destination/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd), एकवचन; ‘शरणं याति’ इति क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as goal)

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st), एकवचन

• दौर्मत्यम्: wicked-mindedness, evil intent
• दौर्मत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्-मत (प्रातिपदिक) → दौर्मत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• शिवलोकम्: Śiva’s world
• शिवलोकम्: Gati/Karma (Destination/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd), एकवचन; ‘शिवस्य लोकः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

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

• यास्यति: will go
• यास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātheśvara Mahāliṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee embraces refuge at the towering Mahāliṅga; dark thought-forms dissolve into light, and a vision of Śiva-loka (Kailāsa-like realm) opens above the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Mahāliṅga
• Śivaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True refuge in Śiva purifies the mind and leads toward liberation, symbolized as reaching Śivaloka.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu, via the Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) in the Rāmanātha Liṅga; implicit devotion/worship is encouraged.