Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68
अंगिरा उवाच । यो रामनाथं मनुजो भवंतमुपेत्य बंधून्प्रणमन्स्मरेत । संतारयेत्तानपि सर्वपापात्किम द्भुतं तस्य कृतार्थतायाम्
aṃgirā uvāca | yo rāmanāthaṃ manujo bhavaṃtamupetya baṃdhūnpraṇamansmareta | saṃtārayettānapi sarvapāpātkima dbhutaṃ tasya kṛtārthatāyām
Aṅgiras bersabda: “Wahai Rāmanātha, sesiapa yang datang mendekat kepada-Mu dan ketika bersujud mengingati kaum kerabatnya, dia mampu menyeberangkan mereka juga daripada segala dosa. Apa yang menghairankan pada kejayaan yang sempurna itu?”
Aṅgiras
Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra—Rāmanātheśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rāmanātha (addressed as ‘bhavantam’)
Scene: Sage Aṅgiras addresses Rāmanātha; a pilgrim bows at the liṅga, hands folded, mentally invoking his lineage; the sea and Setu horizon suggest ‘crossing’ from sin.
FAQs
Devotion to Rāmanātha is so potent that it is said to benefit not only the devotee but also remembered relatives.
Setu/Rāmeśvaram, centered on worship of Rāmanātha.
Approach Rāmanātha, bow (praṇāma), and remember one’s relatives as an act connected with their purification.