Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

रामनाथमहालिंगसेवया यन्न लभ्यते । तदन्यद्धर्मजालेन नैव लभ्येत कर्हिचित्

Transliteration

rāmanāthamahāliṃgasevayā yanna labhyate | tadanyaddharmajālena naiva labhyeta karhicit

Translation

สิ่งใดที่ไม่อาจได้ด้วยการบูชาปรนนิบัติมหาลึงค์แห่งพระรามนาถะ สิ่งนั้นย่อมไม่อาจได้ด้วยข่ายแห่งธรรมปฏิบัติอื่นใดเลย

Word by Word

• रामनाथमहालिंगसेवया: by worship of Rāmanātha’s great liṅga
• रामनाथमहालिंगसेवया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ-महा-लिङ्ग-सेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (रामनाथस्य महालिङ्गस्य सेवा)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• लभ्यते: is obtained
• लभ्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: is obtained)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• अन्यत्: other
• अन्यत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण (other)

• धर्मजालेन: by a net/collection of other religious acts
• धर्मजालेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म-जाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (धर्माणां जालम् / धर्मरूपं जालम्)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• एव: at all / indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (only/indeed)

• लभ्येत: could be obtained
• लभ्येत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: could be obtained)

• कर्हिचित्: ever / at any time
• कर्हिचित्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हि-चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time), ‘कदा’ अर्थे; चित्-प्रत्यययुक्त (ever)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha mahāliṅga (Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs simple, focused liṅga-sevā—offering bilva leaves, water, and lamp—while other ritual paraphernalia lie aside, symbolizing the ‘net of observances’ being transcended by single-pointed devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Mahāliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused devotion and service to the Lord at a sacred locus is valued above diffuse ritualism.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram, through sevā of Rāmanātha’s Mahāliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sevā (service/worship) of the Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga.