Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ये स्मरंति महादेवं रामनाथं विमुक्तिदम् । कीर्तयंत्यथवा विप्रास्ते विमुक्ताघपंजराः

Transliteration

ye smaraṃti mahādevaṃ rāmanāthaṃ vimuktidam | kīrtayaṃtyathavā viprāste vimuktāghapaṃjarāḥ

Translation

ഹേ വിപ്രന്മാരേ! മോക്ഷദായകനായ മഹാദേവൻ രാമനാഥനെ സ്മരിക്കുന്നവരും, അവനെ കീർത്തിക്കുന്നവരും പാപരൂപ പഞ്ജരത്തിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തരാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्मरन्ति: remember
• स्मरन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचनम्

• महादेवं: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; समासः: महा + देव

• रामनाथं: Rāma’s lord (Śiva)
• रामनाथं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: रामस्य नाथः

• विमुक्तिदम्: giver of liberation
• विमुक्तिदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्तिद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्; समासः: विमुक्तिः + द (ददाति इति) = विमुक्तिं ददाति

• कीर्तयन्ति: praise / chant
• कीर्तयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; णिजन्त)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचनम्

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विकल्प-बोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction: or)

• विप्राः: brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; संकेत-सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• विमुक्ताघपंजराः: freed from the cage/bond of sin
• विमुक्ताघपंजराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त + अघ + पंजर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः: येषां पंजरं (बंधनम्) अघेन, तद् विमुक्तम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Rāmanātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas and pilgrims gathered before the Rāmeśvara liṅga, singing hymns; the ‘cage of sin’ is shown as a dark lattice dissolving into light around the devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Rāmanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance and praise of Rāmanātha (Śiva) are direct means to freedom from sin and lead toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram, where Śiva is revered as Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-smaraṇa (remembering) and kīrtana (chanting/glorifying) of Śiva.