Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

दिवारात्रं च भवति स वै धन्यतरो भुवि । रामनाथेश्वरं लिंगं यो न पूजयते शिवम्

Transliteration

divārātraṃ ca bhavati sa vai dhanyataro bhuvi | rāmanātheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ yo na pūjayate śivam

Translation

ทั้งกลางวันและกลางคืน เขาย่อมเป็นผู้ประเสริฐเป็นสุขยิ่งบนแผ่นดิน—คือผู้บูชาพระศิวะในรูปแห่งลึงค์รามนาถेशวร

Word by Word

• दिवारात्रम्: day and night
• दिवारात्रम्: Kala-Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा + रात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb: day and night/continually)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• भवति: is / becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/उपपादनार्थक (particle: indeed)

• धन्यतरः: more blessed
• धन्यतरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative)

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रामनाथेश्वरम्: Rāmanātheśvara
• रामनाथेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + नाथ + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (particle: not)

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātheśvara liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within Setu-khaṇḍa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-panel day-and-night depiction: at dawn the devotee offers water and bilva to the liṅga; at night lamps glow as the devotee continues worship, showing ahorātra devotion and blessedness.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātheśvara
• Śiva
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular worship of Śiva at the sacred Liṅga is praised as making a person supremely blessed in life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu, via the Rāmanātheśvara Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā (worship of Śiva in liṅga form), ideally with steady, continual devotion.