Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

रामे श्वरमहालिंगं ते नमंतु सकृन्मुदा । यानि कानि च पापानि जन्मकोटिकृतान्यपि

Transliteration

rāme śvaramahāliṃgaṃ te namaṃtu sakṛnmudā | yāni kāni ca pāpāni janmakoṭikṛtānyapi

Translation

ขอให้เขากราบนอบน้อมมหาลึงค์แห่งราเมศวรเพียงครั้งเดียวด้วยความปีติ บาปใดๆ ก็ตาม—แม้สั่งสมมานับโกฏิกำเนิด—ก็ย่อมถูกชำระไปด้วยการนอบน้อมนั้น

Word by Word

• रामे: in/at Rāma (Rāmeśvara-place)
• रामे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; संबोधन/अधिकरणार्थे (context suggests ‘in/at Rāma’ or vocative-like address)

• श्वरमहालिङ्गम्: the great liṅga of the Lord
• श्वरमहालिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर + महालिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—ईश्वरस्य महालिङ्गम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• नमन्तु: let (them) bow
• नमन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, संख्यावाचक/आवृत्तिवाचक (once)

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; भाववाचक

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• कानि: any
• कानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; अनिर्दिष्टार्थक (any)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• जन्मकोटिकृतानि: committed over crores of births
• जन्मकोटिकृतानि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म + कोटि + कृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—जन्मकोटिभिः कृतानि (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष; ‘done over crores of births’)

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bows once with visible joy before the towering liṅga; behind them, a long shadowy chain symbolizing ‘sins of millions of births’ snaps and dissolves into light.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single heartfelt act of reverence to Rāmeśvara is extolled as immensely purifying, surpassing the weight of long-held karmic faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram—specifically the Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing) to the Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga, even once, done gladly.