Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36
न न्यूना नाधिकाश्च स्युः किं तु सर्वे जनाः समाः । रामेश्वरमहालिंगं यः पश्यति सभक्तिकम्
na nyūnā nādhikāśca syuḥ kiṃ tu sarve janāḥ samāḥ | rāmeśvaramahāliṃgaṃ yaḥ paśyati sabhaktikam
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Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga
Type: temple
Scene: A single line of pilgrims—rich and poor, learned and unlearned—stand shoulder to shoulder before the Mahāliṅga; the sanctum light falls evenly on all faces; the devotee with most bhakti is shown by inner radiance rather than external markers.
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In a liberation-giving shrine, devotion equalizes all—spiritual worth is measured by bhakti, not status.
Rāmeśvaram, through the darśan of the Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga.
Devotional darśana (sabhaktikam) of the Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga.