Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

रामनाथमहालिंगे प्रसन्ने करुणानिधौ । नश्यंति सकलाः क्लेशा यथा सूर्योदये हिमम्

Transliteration

rāmanāthamahāliṃge prasanne karuṇānidhau | naśyaṃti sakalāḥ kleśā yathā sūryodaye himam

Translation

കരുണാനിധിയായ രാമനാഥ മഹാലിംഗം പ്രസന്നമായാൽ, സൂര്യോദയത്തിൽ മഞ്ഞ് അകലുന്നതുപോലെ സകല ക്ലേശങ്ങളും നശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• रामनाथमहालिङ्गे: in the great liṅga (called) Rāmanātha
• रामनाथमहालिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + महालिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/समाहार-समासः (रामनाथ एव महालिङ्गम्)

• प्रसन्ने: when (it is) gracious/pleased
• प्रसन्ने: Adhikarana (Locative-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘रामनाथमहालिङ्गे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• करुणानिधौ: in the treasure of compassion
• करुणानिधौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करुणा (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (करुणायाः निधिः)

• नश्यन्ति: perish/are destroyed
• नश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सकलाः: all
• सकलाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘क्लेशाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• क्लेशाः: afflictions
• क्लेशाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative particle)

• सूर्योदये: at sunrise
• सूर्योदये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यस्य उदयः)

• हिमम्: snow/frost
• हिमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपमानवाक्ये कर्मवत् (object-like)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sunrise over the sea; in parallel, the sanctum’s lamp-lit liṅga glows as devotees feel burdens lift—frost melting on stones as a visual metaphor.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Mahāliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s prasāda (grace) at Rāmanātha is portrayed as a direct remedy for life’s kleśas, dissolving them effortlessly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra/Rāmeśvaram, through the praise of the Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, pleasing Rāmanātha through worship and devotion; no single specific rite is named in this verse.