Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

रामनाथे महालिंगे भक्तरक्षणदीक्षिते । भोजने विद्यमानेऽपि याचनाः किं प्रयास्यथ

Transliteration

rāmanāthe mahāliṃge bhaktarakṣaṇadīkṣite | bhojane vidyamāne'pi yācanāḥ kiṃ prayāsyatha

Translation

เมื่อรามนาถะ—มหาลิงคะผู้ปฏิญาณคุ้มครองภักตะ—ประทับอยู่ เหตุใดจึงยังมีคำวิงวอนและการอ้อนวอนอย่างร้อนรน แม้มีอาหารพร้อมแล้วก็ตาม

Word by Word

• रामनाथे: in/at Rāmanātha
• रामनाथे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• महालिङ्गे: in the great liṅga
• महालिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महालिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + लिङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (महच्च तत् लिङ्गम्)

• भक्तरक्षणदीक्षिते: (in the liṅga) vowed/initiated for protecting devotees
• भक्तरक्षणदीक्षिते: Adhikarana (Locative-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + रक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + दीक्षित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (भक्तानां रक्षणे दीक्षितः/दीक्षिते) — ‘महालिङ्गे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भोजने: when food (a meal) is present
• भोजने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• विद्यमाने: being available/present
• विद्यमाने: Adhikarana (Locative-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद् (धातु) → विद्यमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘भोजने’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अपि: even/although
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (even/also)

• याचनाः: beggings/requests (for alms)
• याचनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• किम्: why/what
• किम्: Sambandha (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative particle)

• प्रयास्यथ: will you go/undertake
• प्रयास्यथ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a lamp-lit corridor, devotees stand before the towering Rāmanātha liṅga; a figure with a begging bowl lowers it, realizing sufficiency and protection in the deity’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Mahāliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Trust in the protecting presence of Rāmanātha reduces fear and anxious pleading; devotion replaces insecurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra (Rāmeśvaram), through praise of the Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) in Rāmanātha’s protective vow.