रामप्रतिष्ठितं लिंगं यः पश्यति नरः सकृत् । स नरो मुक्तिमाप्नोति शिवसायुज्यरूपिणीम्
rāmapratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ yaḥ paśyati naraḥ sakṛt | sa naro muktimāpnoti śivasāyujyarūpiṇīm
രാമൻ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ച ലിംഗം ഒരിക്കൽ പോലും ദർശിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ ശിവസായുജ്യരൂപമായ മോക്ഷം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Sūta (continuing the Rāmanātha māhātmya)
Tirtha: Rāmeśvara / Rāmanātha-liṅga
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma stands in reverence before the newly established Śiva-liṅga at the sea-girt Setu-kṣetra; pilgrims approach for a single, transformative darśana, with the ocean and temple corridors suggesting the meeting of vastness and stillness.
Darśana of a divinely consecrated emblem (liṅga) at a tīrtha can itself become a direct cause for liberation.
The Rāmeśvara/Rāmanātha liṅga at Rāmeśvaram, said to be established by Śrī Rāma.
Darśana—beholding the Rāma-established liṅga even once.