Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

लिकुचाम्ररसोत्पन्नसारेण स्नापयन्नरः । रामनाथमहालिंगं पितृलोकं समश्नुते

Transliteration

likucāmrarasotpannasāreṇa snāpayannaraḥ | rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ pitṛlokaṃ samaśnute

Translation

L’homme qui baigne le grand Liṅga de Rāmanātha avec l’essence issue des jus de likuca et de mangue atteint le monde des Pitṛs (ancêtres).

Word by Word

• लिकुच: breadfruit (likuca)
• लिकुच: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिकुच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन (stem-form in compound)

• आम्र: mango
• आम्र: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन (stem-form in compound)

• रस: juice
• रस: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन (stem-form in compound)

• उत्पन्न: produced/arisen
• उत्पन्न: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्-पद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/षष्ठी-समासार्थे पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन (stem-form in compound); अर्थः ‘उत्पन्नः’ = produced

• सारेण: with the essence/extract
• सारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• स्नापयन्: bathing (causing to bathe)
• स्नापयन्: Kriya (Verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपदी, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘स्नापयन्’ = causing to bathe, bathing (someone)

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

• रामनाथ: Rāmanātha (Lord of Rāma)
• रामनाथ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (रामस्य नाथः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासान्त-पद in next compound)

• महा: great
• महा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-पूर्वपदवत् (समासाङ्ग), ‘महदर्थ’ उपसर्गवत्; (stem-form in compound)

• लिङ्गम्: the great liṅga (emblem) of Rāmanātha
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससमाहार (रामनाथस्य महालिङ्गम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पितृ: of the ancestors
• पितृ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग), बहुवचन (stem-form in compound)

• लोकम्: the world (realm)
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितॄणां लोकः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समश्नुते: attains
• समश्नुते: Kriya (Verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्- अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘समश्नुते’ = attains/obtains

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to a dvija audience in the surrounding passage style (implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside the Rāmanātha shrine, a devotee performs abhiṣeka on a dark stone liṅga; attendants hold vessels of golden fruit-essence (mango and likuca), with offerings of bilva and lamps; the sea-breeze of Setu is implied through fluttering cloth and conch-sound motifs; ancestral presence suggested by subtle pitṛ-tarpaṇa vessels nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Pitṛs
• Pitṛloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship at Rāmanātha is linked with ancestral welfare, reflecting Purāṇic emphasis on pitṛ-dharma alongside bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara at Setu (Rāmeśvaram).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka of the Rāmanātha Liṅga using an essence derived from likuca and mango juices.