Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्र कुण्डसमीपे तु पुरा रामेशधीमता । स्थापितं तन्महालिङ्गं रामेश्वर इति स्मृतम्

Transliteration

tatra kuṇḍasamīpe tu purā rāmeśadhīmatā | sthāpitaṃ tanmahāliṅgaṃ rāmeśvara iti smṛtam

Translation

وہاں اس کنڈ کے قریب، قدیم زمانے میں، دانا رامیش نے وہ عظیم لِنگ قائم کیا؛ وہ “رامیشور” کے نام سے یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• kuṇḍasamīpe: near the pond
• kuṇḍasamīpe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa-samīpa (प्रातिपदिक; कुण्ड + समीप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; अधिकरण

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (but/indeed)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/once)

• rāmeśadhīmatā: by the wise Rāmeśa
• rāmeśadhīmatā: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument in passive/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma-īśa-dhīmat (प्रातिपदिक; राम + ईश + धीमत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्तृकरण (agent in passive)

• sthāpitam: was established
• sthāpitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (was established)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• mahāliṅgam: the great liṅga
• mahāliṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-liṅga (प्रातिपदिक; महा + लिङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विषय/कर्म

• rāmeśvaraḥ: Rāmeśvara
• rāmeśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; राम + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; नाम (appositive name)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक (thus)

• smṛtam: is known/remembered
• smṛtam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (is remembered/called)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Prabhāsa) near Aṣṭapuṣkara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, serene and resolute, stands beside the pond with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa; sages assist as a black-stone liṅga is set upon a yoni-pīṭha; offerings of bilva leaves, flowers, and water from the kuṇḍa; a small shrine begins to rise in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara
• Rāmeśa
• Liṅga
• Kuṇḍa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Establishing and remembering Śiva as Rāmeśvara at a tīrtha sanctifies the place and anchors devotion through sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the area near a sacred kuṇḍa where the Rāmeśvara Liṅga is said to be established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/establishment of a Śiva-liṅga) is indicated as the foundational sacred act for the site.