Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

रामनाथालयं हेम्ना यः करोति सभक्तिकम् । स नरो मुक्तिमाप्नोति शिवसायुज्यरूपिणीम्

Transliteration

rāmanāthālayaṃ hemnā yaḥ karoti sabhaktikam | sa naro muktimāpnoti śivasāyujyarūpiṇīm

Translation

ผู้ใดสร้างเทวสถานพระรามนาถด้วยทองคำพร้อมด้วยภักติ ผู้นั้นย่อมบรรลุมุกติในรูปศิวสายุชยะ คือความรวมเป็นหนึ่งกับพระศิวะ

Word by Word

• रामनाथ-आलयम्: the temple of Rāmanātha
• रामनाथ-आलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः

• हेम्ना: with gold
• हेम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (सम्बन्धे—relative pronoun)

• करोति: makes, builds
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स-भक्तिकम्: together with devotion; devoutly
• स-भक्तिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थ) + भक्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (भक्त्या सहितम्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शिव-सायुज्य-रूपिणीम्: having the nature of union with Śiva
• शिव-सायुज्य-रूपिणीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + सायुज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य सायुज्यं तद्रूपा)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha kṣetra (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A golden Rāmanātha temple rises radiant; the devotee offers gold with folded hands; the final vision shows the devotee dissolving into Śiva’s effulgence—symbolizing sāyujya.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Śiva
• Mukti
• Sāyujya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supreme devotion expressed through the highest offering culminates in the highest goal—liberation as union with Śiva (sāyujya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha shrine at Setu (Rāmeśvaram).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional construction of the Rāmanātha temple using gold.