Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65
गालव उवाच । दानानि यज्ञा नियमास्तपांसि गंगादितीर्थेषु निमज्जनानि । रामेश्वरं त्वां न नमंति ये तु व्यर्थानि तेषामिति निश्चयोऽत्र
gālava uvāca | dānāni yajñā niyamāstapāṃsi gaṃgāditīrtheṣu nimajjanāni | rāmeśvaraṃ tvāṃ na namaṃti ye tu vyarthāni teṣāmiti niścayo'tra
காலவர் கூறினார்—தானம், யாகம், நியமங்கள், தவங்கள், கங்கை முதலிய தீர்த்தங்களில் மூழ்கி நீராடுதல்—உம்மை, ஓ ராமேஸ்வரா, வணங்காதவர்களுக்கு இவை அனைத்தும் வீணே; இதுவே இங்கு தீர்மானம்.
Gālava
Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Setu-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience of the māhātmya / addressed to Rāmeśvara
Scene: Gālava enumerates dāna, yajña, niyama, tapas, and Gaṅgā-snānā as symbolic vignettes around him, while the central act is a devotee bowing at the Rāmeśvara liṅga—showing all practices converging into namaskāra.
FAQs
Ritual merit is incomplete without surrender and reverence to Rāmeśvara; devotion gives rites their efficacy.
Rāmeśvaram (Setu), while also referencing Gaṅgā and other tīrthas as secondary without Śiva-bhakti.
Dāna, yajña, niyama, tapa, and tīrtha-snāna are mentioned, but their value is tied to namaskāra to Rāmeśvara.
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