Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

जलमध्यगतं यच्च सेतुखंडं द्वितीयकम् । तत्र रामेश्वरो यश्च मध्याह्ने तं प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

jalamadhyagataṃ yacca setukhaṃḍaṃ dvitīyakam | tatra rāmeśvaro yaśca madhyāhne taṃ prapūjayet

Translation

Dan tempat suci Setu yang kedua, yang berada di tengah perairan—di sana Rāmeśvara yang bersemayam hendaknya dipūjā dengan penghormatan khusus pada waktu tengah hari.

Word by Word

• जलमध्यगतं: situated in mid-water
• जलमध्यगतं: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल + मध्य + गत (गम्-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषभाव: ‘जलमध्यं गतम्’); क्त-कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Relative object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक)

• सेतुखण्डं: the Setu-section
• सेतुखण्डं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘सेतोः खण्डम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• द्वितीयकम्: the second
• द्वितीयकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीयक (प्रातिपदिक; द्वितीय से तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• रामेश्वरः: Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• मध्याह्ने: at midday
• मध्याह्ने: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्याह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• तम्: him/that (deity)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jala-madhya Setu-khaṇḍa Rāmeśvara (second shrine)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga shrine rises from or sits upon a small rocky islet amid shimmering waters; at midday, a devotee approaches by boat to offer worship under the blazing sun, with the Setu line visible on the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara
• Setu (Setukhaṇḍa)
• Ocean/Waters (jala)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places prescribe sacred timings; honoring them aligns devotion with cosmic order (kāla-dharma).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘second’ Setu-khaṇḍa shrine described as being amid waters, within the Setubandha/Rāmeśvara tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Madhyāhna-pūjā—worship at midday, specifically directed to the Rāmeśvara at the water-situated shrine.