Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

निःसंदेहं भवेदेवं रामनाथविलोकिनाम् । रामेश्वर महालिंगे तीर्थानि सकलान्यपि

Transliteration

niḥsaṃdehaṃ bhavedevaṃ rāmanāthavilokinām | rāmeśvara mahāliṃge tīrthāni sakalānyapi

Translation

เป็นดังนี้โดยปราศจากข้อสงสัย สำหรับผู้ที่ได้เห็นพระรามนาถา; ณ มหาลึงค์แห่งราเมศวร ตีรถะทั้งปวงก็รวมอยู่ด้วย

Word by Word

• निःसन्देहम्: without doubt
• निःसन्देहम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भवेत्: would be/should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, तृतीयपुरुष, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• रामनाथविलोकिनाम्: of those who behold Rāmanātha
• रामनाथविलोकिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + विलोकिन् (कृदन्त; √लोक् (धातु) उपसर्ग-वि; वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (विलोकिन् = ‘seeing’); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रामनाथं विलोकयन्ति ये तेषाम्)

• रामेश्वर: O Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रामस्य ईश्वरः)

• महालिङ्गे: in the great liṅga
• महालिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् लिङ्गम्)

• तीर्थानि: holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• सकलानि: all
• सकलानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थानि)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: ‘also/even’)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga / Rāmanātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The great Rāmeśvara liṅga radiates as a microcosm: within its aura appear miniature symbols of many tīrthas—rivers, mountains, ghats—while devotees gaze with unwavering certainty.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain kṣetras are portrayed as ‘tīrtha-sāra’—concentrating the sanctity of many pilgrimage sites into one supreme locus of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvara Mahāliṅga at Rāmeśvaram (Rāmanātha kṣetra) in the Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara is implied as the key act; no further detailed rite is stated here.