Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

स्वयं हरेण दत्तं तु हनूमन्नामकं शिवम् । संपश्यन्रामनाथं च कृतकृत्यो भवेन्नरः

Transliteration

svayaṃ hareṇa dattaṃ tu hanūmannāmakaṃ śivam | saṃpaśyanrāmanāthaṃ ca kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ

Translation

ഹനൂമന്നാമകമായ ആ ശിവലിംഗം സ്വയം ഹരിയാണ് നൽകിയതു. അതിനെയും രാമനാഥനെയും ദർശിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ കൃതകൃത്യനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: personally; himself
• स्वयम्: Karta-viseshana (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्वयंकर्तृवाचक (reflexive adverb)

• हरेण: by Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेण: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) + क्त (PPP)
• Form: कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक (particle)

• हनूमत्-नामकम्: named ‘Hanūmān’
• हनूमत्-नामकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हनूमत् (प्रातिपदिक) + नामक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (Hanūmataḥ nāma asya)

• शिवम्: Śiva (liṅga/Śiva)
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सम्पश्यन्: seeing; beholding
• सम्पश्यन्: Karta-viseshana (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश्/दृश् (धातु) + सम्-उपसर्ग + शतृ (present active participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• राम-नाथम्: Rāmanātha (Lord of Rāma)
• राम-नाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (Rāmasya nāthaḥ)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• कृत-कृत्यः: one who has accomplished what should be done; fulfilled
• कृत-कृत्यः: Karta-viseshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (√कृ + क्त; PPP as adjective) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः (kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ yena)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• नरः: a man; person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śrī Rāma (deduced; “Hari” as self-reference in purāṇic style) / Narratorial voice possible

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmadīśvara and Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred affirmation: Hari himself grants the Hanumān-named Śiva; the pilgrim who beholds Hanūmadīśvara and Rāmanātha becomes kṛtakṛtya—fulfilled.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Hanūmān
• Śiva (liṅga)
• Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the sanctified liṅgas at the tīrtha is portrayed as spiritually consummating—making one kṛtakṛtya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu, through the paired darśana of Hanūmadīśvara and Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage darśana: see the Hanūmān-named Śiva-liṅga and also Rāmanātha for the stated spiritual fruit.