Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

रामनाथेश्वरं लिंगं मध्याह्ने यस्तु पश्यति । सुरापानसहस्राणि तस्य नश्यंति तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

rāmanātheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ madhyāhne yastu paśyati | surāpānasahasrāṇi tasya naśyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

ผู้ใดได้เฝ้าดูลึงค์แห่งรามนาถेशวรในเวลาเที่ยงวัน บาปนับพันที่เกิดจากการดื่มของมึนเมาย่อมพินาศแก่ผู้นั้นในทันที

Word by Word

• रामनाथेश्वरम्: Rāmanātheśvara
• रामनाथेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

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

• मध्याह्ने: at midday
• मध्याह्ने: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्याह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कालाधिकरण)

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

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सुरापानसहस्राणि: thousands of (sins of) drinking liquor
• सुरापानसहस्राणि: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा (प्रातिपदिक) + पान (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सुरायाः पानम्) + तत्पुरुषः (पानस्य सहस्राणि)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नश्यन्ति: are destroyed
• नश्यन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• तत्क्षणात्: from that instant
• तत्क्षणात्: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātheśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At blazing midday, a pilgrim stands before the liṅga; harsh sunlight outside contrasts with cool sanctum darkness. Thousands of dark droplets (sins of intoxication) evaporate instantly as the devotee’s gaze meets the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātheśvara
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-darśana is portrayed as a powerful prāyaścitta that can rapidly burn away severe moral impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvaram/Setu, through the liṅga of Rāmanātheśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seeing the liṅga at midday (madhyāhna-darśana).