Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यथा रामेश्वरो महान् । लक्ष्मणेश्वरसंयुक्तस्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे सुशोभने
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā rāmeśvaro mahān | lakṣmaṇeśvarasaṃyuktastasmiṃstīrthe suśobhane
ഇതെല്ലാം നിങ്ങളോടു പറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു—ആ മനോഹര തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ലക്ഷ്മണേശ്വരനോടു ചേർന്ന മഹാരാമേശ്വരൻ എങ്ങനെ വിരാജിക്കുന്നു എന്ന്.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Rāmeśvara–Lakṣmaṇeśvara tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A narrator concludes the account, gesturing toward a radiant tīrtha where two principal liṅgas—Rāmeśvara and Lakṣmaṇeśvara—stand resplendent; pilgrims approach with offerings, the complex gleaming in sanctified beauty.
FAQs
Remembering and hearing a tīrtha’s origin and its installed deities is itself a form of merit-bearing devotion.
A “suśobhana tīrtha” distinguished by the presence of Rāmeśvara together with Lakṣmaṇeśvara.
No direct prescription; it summarizes the māhātmya of the deities established at the tīrtha.