Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

स्थापयामासतुर्लिङ्गे तौ तदा रामलक्ष्मणौ । प्रभावात्सत्यतपसो रेवातीरे महामती । निष्पापतां तदा वीरौ जग्मतू रामलक्ष्मणौ

Transliteration

sthāpayāmāsaturliṅge tau tadā rāmalakṣmaṇau | prabhāvātsatyatapaso revātīre mahāmatī | niṣpāpatāṃ tadā vīrau jagmatū rāmalakṣmaṇau

Translation

ครั้งนั้นพระรามและพระลักษมณ์ได้ทรงสถาปนาศิวลึงค์ไว้ ณ ที่นั้น โอ้ท่านผู้มีปัญญายิ่ง ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งตบะอันสัตย์จริง ณ ฝั่งเรวา สองพี่น้องวีรบุรุษนั้นจึงพ้นมลทินบาป

Word by Word

• स्थापयामासतुः: the two installed
• स्थापयामासतुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative: ‘caused to be established/installed’)

• लिङ्गे: in/at the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• रामलक्ष्मणौ: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
• रामलक्ष्मणौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (रामश्च लक्ष्मणश्च)

• प्रभावात्: due to the power
• प्रभावात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• सत्यतपसः: of true austerity
• सत्यतपसः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सत्यं तपः = true austerity)

• रेवातीरे: on the bank of the Revā
• रेवातीरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रेवायाः तीरम्)

• महामती: great-minded
• महामती: Karta/Qualifier (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महती मतिः यस्य) — विशेषणरूपेण (राघवस्य)

• निष्पापताम्: sinlessness
• निष्पापताम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + ता (भावप्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक (state of sinlessness)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• वीरौ: the two heroes
• वीरौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• जग्मतुः: the two went/attained
• जग्मतुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन, परस्मैपद

• रामलक्ष्मणौ: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
• रामलक्ष्मणौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice addressing a listener as mahāmate)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra Liṅga-sthāpanā-sthāna (Rāma-Lakṣmaṇa)

Type: kshetra/ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: O wise one (addressed within the narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa install two Śiva-liṅgas on the Revā bank; the river glows, sages witness, and a palpable aura of purification surrounds the brothers as they become niṣpāpa.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True austerity culminates in worship and consecration: establishing the liṅga and living truthfully leads to purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-tīra (bank of the Narmadā), sanctified by the tapas of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa and by liṅga installation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā (installation of Śiva-liṅgas) and the practice of satya-tapas (truthful austerity).