Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

रामेश्वरमहालिंगे पूजिते वा स्मृतेपि वा । विष्णुना ब्रह्मणा किं वा शक्रेणाप्यखिलामरैः

Transliteration

rāmeśvaramahāliṃge pūjite vā smṛtepi vā | viṣṇunā brahmaṇā kiṃ vā śakreṇāpyakhilāmaraiḥ

Translation

ไม่ว่ามหาลึงค์แห่งราเมศวรจะได้รับการบูชา หรือแม้เพียงระลึกถึง—จะโดยพระวิษณุ พระพรหม หรือพระศักระ (อินทรา) พร้อมเหล่าเทวะทั้งปวง—กรรมนั้นประกาศว่าเป็นบุญอันยิ่งใหญ่ยิ่งนัก

Word by Word

• रामेश्वरमहालिङ्गे: in/at the great liṅga of Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वरमहालिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामेश्वर + महालिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—रामेश्वरस्य महालिङ्गम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पूजिते: when (it is) worshipped
• पूजिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘(लिङ्गे) पूजिते’ = when worshipped

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (particle of alternative)

• स्मृते: when (it is) remembered
• स्मृते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) → स्मृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘(लिङ्गे) स्मृते’ = when remembered

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (also/even)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• किम्: what (need to say)
• किम्: Sambandha (Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक-सर्वनाम

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात

• शक्रेण: by Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात

• अखिलामरैः: by all the gods
• अखिलामरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अखिल + अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः—अखिलाः अमराः (विशेषण-विशेष्य/कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Setu Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant mahāliṅga at Rāmeśvara, garlanded and anointed, while Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Indra and assembled devas offer flowers and folded hands; sea-horizon and Setu ambience in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara
• Viṣṇu
• Brahmā
• Śakra (Indra)
• Amaras (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even remembrance (smaraṇa) of Rāmeśvara is praised as a powerful act of devotion, not only formal ritual worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu region—centered on the Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) and smaraṇa (devotional remembrance) of the Rāmeśvara Liṅga.