रामेश्वरमिति ख्यातं स्थापितं लिंगमुत्तमम् । तच्च योऽभ्यर्चयेद्भक्त्या रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
rāmeśvaramiti khyātaṃ sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam | tacca yo'bhyarcayedbhaktyā rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
وہ اعلیٰ ترین لِنگ قائم کیا گیا اور “رامیشور” کے نام سے مشہور ہوا۔ جو اسے بھکتی کے ساتھ پوجے، وہ رودر لوک کو پہنچتا ہے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Rāmeśvaram)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Phālguna (addressed explicitly in adjacent verses)
Scene: A radiant, newly established liṅga labeled ‘Rāmeśvara’ in a coastal temple setting; a devotee offers water and bilva while unseen Rudra-loka imagery (Śiva’s realm) glows above.
Bhakti offered to the established liṅga leads to exalted spiritual destiny—union with Śiva’s realm.
Rāmeśvara—presented here as a celebrated liṅga-tīrtha within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.
Abhyarcana (devotional worship) of the Rāmeśvara liṅga.