Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

रामनाथमहालिंगं घृतेन स्नापयेच्च यः । कल्पजन्मार्जितं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति

Transliteration

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ ghṛtena snāpayecca yaḥ | kalpajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

Translation

ผู้ใดสรงอภิเษกมหาลึงค์แห่งรามนาถด้วยเนยใส (ฆี) บาปที่สั่งสมมาทั้งกัลป์ตลอดชาติภพย่อมพินาศในบัดดลนั้นเอง

Word by Word

• रामनाथमहालिङ्गम्: the great liṅga of Rāmanātha
• रामनाथमहालिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ + महा + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—(रामनाथस्य) महालिङ्गम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• स्नापयेत्: should bathe (cause to be bathed)
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) [णिच् causative: स्नापय-]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

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

• कल्पजन्मार्जितम्: acquired over births (even) across kalpas
• कल्पजन्मार्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्प + जन्म + अर्जित (कृदन्त; √अर्ज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—कल्प-जन्मना अर्जितम् (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासभावः)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very instant
• तत्क्षणात्: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययप्रयोगः (ablatival adverb): 'from that very moment'

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• नश्यति: perishes/is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya style within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara / Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer/ṛṣi audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside the Rāmeśvara shrine, devotees pour warm clarified butter in a steady stream over the dark stone liṅga; lamps flicker, priests chant, and the sea-wind is felt beyond the temple corridors.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Liṅga
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional abhiṣeka to Śiva at Rāmanātha is portrayed as immediately purifying even extremely long-accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara shrine in the Setu (Rāmeśvaram–Setubandha) sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing abhiṣeka (ritual bathing) of the Rāmanātha Liṅga using ghee (ghṛta).