Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

अधिकं कोटिगुणितं फलवत्स्यान्न संशयः । तव नाम्ना त्विदं लिंगं लोके ख्यातिं समश्नुताम्

Transliteration

adhikaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ phalavatsyānna saṃśayaḥ | tava nāmnā tvidaṃ liṃgaṃ loke khyātiṃ samaśnutām

Translation

ഇതിന്റെ ഫലം സംശയമില്ലാതെ കോടിഗുണം അധികമാകും; ഈ ലിംഗം നിന്റെ നാമത്താൽ ലോകത്തിൽ ഖ്യാതി പ്രാപിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• अधिकम्: greater; more
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (कोटिगुणितम् इत्यस्य)

• कोटिगुणितम्: multiplied a crore-fold
• कोटिगुणितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि + गुणित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √गुण्/गण्? ‘to multiply’ → गुणित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘multiplied’; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कोट्या गुणितम्)

• फलवत्स्यात्: would yield fruit; would be fruitful
• फलवत्स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: फलवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘स्यात्’ (√अस्) सह; अर्थः—‘would be/shall be’

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• नाम्ना: by (your) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ख्यातिम्: fame; renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• समश्नुताम्: may it attain
• समश्नुताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु) उपसर्गः सम्
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/आशीर्लिङ्गार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; √अश् ‘to reach/attain’ → समश्नुते

Speaker

Sages (Munis/Brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The proclamation of crore-fold fruit and the naming of the liṅga after Rāma; a ritual scene where the liṅga is presented and the name 'Rāmeśvara' is ceremonially affirmed.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts done with dhārmic intent generate immense merit, and holy sites become enduring guides for future generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga to be established in the Setu-khaṇḍa narrative—destined to be famed as Rāma’s liṅga (Rāmeśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A phalaśruti (promise of multiplied merit) connected to worship/darśana of the liṅga, and the naming tradition tied to Rāma.