Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

रामनाथमहालिंगं दध्ना संस्नापयन्नरः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते

Transliteration

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ dadhnā saṃsnāpayannaraḥ | sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate

Translation

ผู้ใดสรงอภิเษกมหาลึงค์แห่งรามนาถด้วยนมเปรี้ยว (ดะหิ) ย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง และได้รับการสรรเสริญในวิษณุโลก

Word by Word

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

• दध्ना: with curd/yogurt
• दध्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संस्नापयन्: bathing thoroughly (causing to be bathed)
• संस्नापयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+स्ना (धातु) [णिच्: स्नापय-]
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गः—सम्

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; वि+नि+√मुच्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नरस्य); समासः—सर्वाणि पापानि (कर्म) येन विनिर्मुक्तः (तत्पुरुष/उपपदभावः)

• विष्णुलोके: in Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—विष्णोः लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha Mahāliṅga (Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rṣi/audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Thick white curd is offered over the liṅga; in the background, iconographic hints of Hari-Hara harmony—Śiva’s trident and Viṣṇu’s conch motifs—appear in temple ornamentation.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇuloka
• Śiva (implied by Liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual devotion at Rāmanātha is framed as total moral purification, transcending sectarian boundaries (Śiva worship leading to Viṣṇu’s realm).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara at Setu (Rāmeśvaram).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka of the Rāmanātha Liṅga with curd (dadhi).