Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यथा रामेश्वरो महान् । लक्ष्मणेश्वरसंयुक्तस्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे सुशोभने

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā rāmeśvaro mahān | lakṣmaṇeśvarasaṃyuktastasmiṃstīrthe suśobhane

Translation

இவை அனைத்தும் உங்களுக்குக் கூறப்பட்டது—அந்த அழகிய தீர்த்தத்தில் லக்ஷ்மணேஸ்வரருடன் இணைந்த மகா ராமேஸ்வரர் எவ்வாறு விளங்குகிறார் என்பதே.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपे (आख्यातं)

• vaḥ: to you (all)
• vaḥ: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन; अत्र सम्प्रदानार्थे (to you)

• sarvam: all, entirely
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of etat)

• ākhyātam: has been told
• ākhyātam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (ख्या)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘आख्यात’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कथितम्/declared’

• yathā: how/as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/how)

• rāmeśvaraḥ: Rāmeśvara (Lord Rāma/Śiva named Rāmeśvara)
• rāmeśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रामस्य ईश्वरः / Rāma-īśvara as name)

• mahān: great
• mahān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• lakṣmaṇeśvara-saṃyuktaḥ: joined with Lakṣmaṇeśvara
• lakṣmaṇeśvara-saṃyuktaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त; sam-√yuj/युज्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (लक्ष्मणेश्वरेण संयुक्तः = joined with Lakṣmaṇeśvara)

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tīrthe: in the sacred ford/place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• suśobhane: in the very beautiful (place)
• suśobhane: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सु + शोभन)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara–Lakṣmaṇeśvara tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

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.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara
• Lakṣmaṇeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and hearing a tīrtha’s origin and its installed deities is itself a form of merit-bearing devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “suśobhana tīrtha” distinguished by the presence of Rāmeśvara together with Lakṣmaṇeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it summarizes the māhātmya of the deities established at the tīrtha.