Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

रामनाथशिवक्षेत्रे रामसेतौ विमुक्तिदे । स्थापयस्व तथा श्राद्धं सपिंडीकरणादिकम्

Transliteration

rāmanāthaśivakṣetre rāmasetau vimuktide | sthāpayasva tathā śrāddhaṃ sapiṃḍīkaraṇādikam

Translation

Dans le Śiva-kṣetra de Rāmanātha, à Rāmasetu, dispensateur de délivrance, accomplis le śrāddha, ainsi que les rites commençant par le sapiṇḍīkaraṇa.

Word by Word

• रामनाथशिवक्षेत्रे: in the Rāmanātha-Śiva sacred field
• रामनाथशिवक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + शिवक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रामनाथस्य शिवक्षेत्रम्)

• रामसेतौ: at Rāma’s bridge (Rāmasetu)
• रामसेतौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामसेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रामस्य सेतुः)

• विमुक्तिदे: O giver of liberation
• विमुक्तिदे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमुक्तिद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; (विमुक्तिं ददाति इति)

• स्थापयस्व: establish, set up
• स्थापयस्व: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (स्थापयस्व)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus, in that manner)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सपिण्डीकरणादिकम्: including sapiṇḍīkaraṇa and related rites
• सपिण्डीकरणादिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सपिण्डीकरण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सपिण्डीकरणं आदिः यस्य तत्) — ‘and the like, beginning with sapiṇḍīkaraṇa’ (used adjectivally to qualify श्राद्धम्)

Speaker

An instructing sage/teacher figure in the Setukhaṇḍa dialogue (contextual; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmasetu / Rāmanātha-Śiva-kṣetra (Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the seashore near the Setu, pilgrims perform śrāddha with piṇḍas and water offerings; the Rāmanātha temple rises behind, with Śiva’s presence felt as liberating.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Śiva
• Rāmasetu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest help to the departed is dharmic rite performed at a liberating tīrtha; sacred place and correct ritual together support upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha’s Śiva-kṣetra (Rāmeśvaram/Rāmanātha) and Rāmasetu, praised as “vimukti-de” (giver of liberation).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha and associated rites, explicitly including sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, at Rāmanātha-kṣetra and Rāmasetu.