रामेश्वरमिति ख्यातं स्थापितं लिंगमुत्तमम् । तच्च योऽभ्यर्चयेद्भक्त्या रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
rāmeśvaramiti khyātaṃ sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam | tacca yo'bhyarcayedbhaktyā rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
அந்த உத்தம லிங்கம் நிறுவப்பட்டு ‘ராமேஸ்வரம்’ எனப் புகழ்பெற்றது. அதை பக்தியுடன் அர்ச்சிப்பவன் ருத்ரலோகத்தை அடைவான்.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Rāmeśvaram)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Phālguna (addressed explicitly in adjacent verses)
Scene: A radiant, newly established liṅga labeled ‘Rāmeśvara’ in a coastal temple setting; a devotee offers water and bilva while unseen Rudra-loka imagery (Śiva’s realm) glows above.
Bhakti offered to the established liṅga leads to exalted spiritual destiny—union with Śiva’s realm.
Rāmeśvara—presented here as a celebrated liṅga-tīrtha within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.
Abhyarcana (devotional worship) of the Rāmeśvara liṅga.