Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तानि रामेश्वरे दृष्टे विलयं यांति सर्वदा । संपर्कात्कौतुकाल्लोभाद्भयाद्वापि च संस्मरन्

Transliteration

tāni rāmeśvare dṛṣṭe vilayaṃ yāṃti sarvadā | saṃparkātkautukāllobhādbhayādvāpi ca saṃsmaran

Translation

เมื่อได้เห็นพระราเมศวร บาปเหล่านั้นย่อมสลายไปเสมอ แม้ระลึกถึงพระองค์เพียงเพราะได้สัมผัส ความใคร่รู้ ความโลภ หรือแม้ด้วยความกลัว การระลึกนั้นก็ยังมีอานุภาพชำระล้าง

Word by Word

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• रामेश्वरे: in/at Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दृष्टे: when (it is) seen
• दृष्टे: Kriya-viseshana (Circumstantial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी एकवचन; लोकेटिव्-अब्सोल्यूट (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)

• विलयम्: dissolution, destruction
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यान्ति: go, attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• संपर्कात्: from contact
• संपर्कात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• कौतुकात्: from curiosity
• कौतुकात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• लोभात्: from greed
• लोभात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

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

• संस्मरन्: remembering
• संस्मरन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+स्मृ (धातु) → संस्मरन्त् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (agreeing with implied ‘he’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches the sea-girt Rāmeśvara shrine; the mere sight of the liṅga radiates a purifying blaze, while shadowy ‘sins’ dissolve like mist; figures of varied motives—curious onlookers, fearful supplicants, greedy traders—are all touched by the same sanctifying aura.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of Rāmeśvara is portrayed as so potent that even imperfect motives can still lead toward purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu—through darśana and smaraṇa of Rāmeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing) and smaraṇa (remembering), even arising from incidental causes.