Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

रामनाथमहालिंगद्रष्टुर्दर्शनमात्रतः । अन्येषां प्राणिनां पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति

Transliteration

rāmanāthamahāliṃgadraṣṭurdarśanamātrataḥ | anyeṣāṃ prāṇināṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

Translation

เพียงได้เห็นผู้ที่ได้เฝ้าดูมหาลึงค์แห่งรามนาถะ บาปของสรรพสัตว์อื่น ๆ ก็พินาศไปในขณะนั้นเอง

Word by Word

• रामनाथमहालिङ्गद्रष्टुः: of the seer of Rāmanātha’s great liṅga
• रामनाथमहालिङ्गद्रष्टुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (रामनाथस्य महालिङ्गस्य द्रष्टा)

• दर्शनमात्रतः: merely by the act of seeing
• दर्शनमात्रतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दर्शनस्य मात्रम्)

• अन्येषाम्: of other
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (प्राणिनाम्)

• प्राणिनाम्: of living beings
• प्राणिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (तत् क्षणः)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Brāhma-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātheśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant pilgrim returning from Rāmanātheśvara darśana walks through a village; people who merely see him are washed in a wave of light, with dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolving instantly.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Mahāliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is transmissible: contact with a sanctified pilgrim purifies others, highlighting the power of satsanga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu, via the Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana—seeing the one who has had darśana of Rāmanātha’s great liṅga.