Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

उत्तरे रामनाथस्य लिंगं स्वेनाहृतं मुदा । आज्ञया रामचन्द्रस्य स्थापयामास वायुजः

Transliteration

uttare rāmanāthasya liṃgaṃ svenāhṛtaṃ mudā | ājñayā rāmacandrasya sthāpayāmāsa vāyujaḥ

Translation

Au nord, le fils de Vāyu apporta avec joie, par son propre effort, un liṅga de Rāmanātha ; et, sur l’ordre de Rāmacandra, il l’établit.

Word by Word

• उत्तरे: in the northern (side/place)
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• रामनाथस्य: of Rāmanātha
• रामनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma-nātha (प्रातिपदिक; राम + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• स्वेन: by himself / with his own (means)
• स्वेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• आहृतम्: brought
• आहृतम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√hṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ विशेषण

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Hetu/Prakara (Manner/Cause nuance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; भाव/हेतु (instrumental of manner)

• आज्ञया: by the command
• आज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (by order)

• रामचन्द्रस्य: of Rāmacandra
• रामचन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma-candra (प्रातिपदिक; राम + चन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• स्थापयामास: installed / caused to be established
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्, causative) + लिट् (perfect)
• Form: कर्तरि, लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; causative ‘caused to be placed/installed’

• वायुजः: the son of Vāyu (Hanumān)
• वायुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu-ja (प्रातिपदिक; वायु + ज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha–Setu-kṣetra (uttara-bhāga liṅga-sthāpana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas (Naimiṣāraṇya setting implied by Sūta frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān (Vāyuja) arrives north of Rāmanātha carrying a Śiva-liṅga with reverent joy; Rāma’s command is implied; the liṅga is set upon a prepared pedestal with attendants and vānaras witnessing.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Hanūmān (Vāyuja)
• Rāmacandra
• Rāmanātha Liṅga
• Setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expresses itself through consecration and service: sacred installations done under divine command become enduring sources of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvaram) sacred landscape, especially the northern placement of a liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) performed by Hanūmān under Rāma’s instruction.