रामेश्वरमिति ख्यातं स्थापितं लिंगमुत्तमम् । तच्च योऽभ्यर्चयेद्भक्त्या रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
rāmeśvaramiti khyātaṃ sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam | tacca yo'bhyarcayedbhaktyā rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
તે ઉત્તમ લિંગ સ્થાપિત થઈ ‘રામેશ્વર’ નામે પ્રસિદ્ધ થયું. જે તેને ભક્તિપૂર્વક પૂજે છે, તે રુદ્રલોકને પામે છે.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Rāmeśvaram)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Phālguna (addressed explicitly in adjacent verses)
Scene: A radiant, newly established liṅga labeled ‘Rāmeśvara’ in a coastal temple setting; a devotee offers water and bilva while unseen Rudra-loka imagery (Śiva’s realm) glows above.
Bhakti offered to the established liṅga leads to exalted spiritual destiny—union with Śiva’s realm.
Rāmeśvara—presented here as a celebrated liṅga-tīrtha within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.
Abhyarcana (devotional worship) of the Rāmeśvara liṅga.