Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

रामनाथमहालिंगं रंभापक्वैर्विमर्दयन् । विनाश्य सकलं पापं वायुलोके मही यते

Transliteration

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ raṃbhāpakvairvimardayan | vināśya sakalaṃ pāpaṃ vāyuloke mahī yate

Translation

Celui qui, avec vénération, frictionne le grand Liṅga de Rāmanātha avec des bananes ramba mûres détruit tout péché et est honoré dans le monde de Vāyu.

Word by Word

• रामनाथ: Rāmanātha
• रामनाथ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य नाथः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-समासाङ्ग, एकवचन (stem-form)

• महा: great
• महा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-पूर्वपदवत् (समासाङ्ग), ‘महदर्थ’

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

• रम्भा: plantain/banana
• रम्भा: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रम्भा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन (stem-form)

• पक्वैः: with ripe (bananas)
• पक्वैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पक्व (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘पक्व’ = ripe, नपुंसक/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; अत्र करणत्वे

• विमर्दयन्: rubbing
• विमर्दयन्: Kriya (Verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मृद् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपदी, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘विमर्दयन्’ = rubbing/pressing

• विनाश्य: having destroyed
• विनाश्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-नश् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वार्थ), ‘having destroyed’

• सकलम्: entire
• सकलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पापम्’ विशेषण

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• वायु: of Vāyu
• वायु: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन (stem-form)

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वायोः लोकः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• महीयते: is honored
• महीयते: Kriya (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मही (धातु; मह्/मही—‘to honor’)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः ‘is honored/glorified’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General devotee audience; verse continues a didactic list

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ripe yellow plantains are offered and gently pressed/anointed over the liṅga as a devotional upacāra; petals and bilva leaves surround the base; a breeze motif (Vāyu) is suggested by swirling incense smoke and fluttering banners.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Vāyu
• Vāyuloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple, tangible offerings performed with reverence are taught as spiritually transformative at a celebrated sacred site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara in the Setu region (Rāmeśvaram).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worshipful rubbing/anointing (vimardana) of the Liṅga with ripe plantains (raṃbhāpakva).