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# Skandapurana 3.1.43

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.43

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.43.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.1)

śrīsūta uvāca..

> The illustrious Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.2)

athedānīṃ pravakṣyāmi rāmanāthasya vaibhavam..

> Now I shall describe the glory of Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.3)

yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate mānavo bhuvi..1..

> hearing which a person on earth is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.4)

rāmapratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ yaḥ paśyati naraḥ sakṛt ..

> The man who sees even once the liṅga installed by Rāma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.5)

sa naro muktimāpnoti śivasāyujyarūpiṇīm .. 2 ..

> that man attains liberation consisting of union with Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.6)

daśavarṣaistu yatpuṇyaṃ kriyate tu kṛte yuge ..

> Whatever merit is performed in ten years in the Kṛta age,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.7)

tretāyāmekavarṣeṇa tatpuṇyaṃ sādhyate nṛbhiḥ .. 3 ..

> that merit is attained by men in one year in the Tretā age;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.8)

dvāpare tacca māsena taddinena kalau yuge ..

> and in the Dvāpara age in a month; in the Kali age, in a single day;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.9)

tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ nimiṣe nimiṣe nṛṇām .. 4 ..

> and that fruit is multiplied ten million times at every instant for men—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.10)

niḥsaṃdehaṃ bhavedevaṃ rāmanāthavilokinām ..

> without doubt it will be so for those who behold Rāmanātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.11)

rāmeśvara mahāliṃge tīrthāni sakalānyapi ..5..

> In the great liṅga of Rāmeśvara, all sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.12)

vidyaṃte sarvadevāśca munayaḥ pitarastathā ..

> all the gods, the sages, and the ancestors are present.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.13)

ekakāladvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ sarvadaiva vā ..6..

> Once, twice, or thrice a day, or always,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.14)

ye smaraṃti mahādevaṃ rāmanāthaṃ vimuktidam ..

> those who remember the Great God Rāmanātha, the giver of liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.15)

kīrtayaṃtyathavā viprāste vimuktāghapaṃjarāḥ..7..

> or praise him, O brahmins, their cages of sins are shattered;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.16)

saccidānaṃdamadvaitaṃ sāṃbaṃ rudraṃ prayāṃti vai ..

> they go indeed to Rudra, who is existence, consciousness, and bliss, non-dual, accompanied by Ambā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.17)

rāmeśvarākhyaṃ yalliṃgaṃ rāmacandreṇa pūji tam ..8..

> Regarding the liṅga named Rāmeśvara, which was worshipped by Rāmacandra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.18)

yasya smaraṇamātreṇa yamapīḍāpi no bhavet ..

> by merely remembering it, not even torment by Yama occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.19)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgaṃ ye'rcayaṃti sakṛnnarāḥ ..9..

> The men who worship the great liṅga of Rāmeśvara even once  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.20)

na mānuṣāste vijñeyāḥ kiṃ tu rudrā na saṃśayaḥ ..

> are not to be regarded as human beings, but as Rudras, without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.21)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgaṃ nārcitaṃ yena bhaktitaḥ .. 3.1.43.10 ..

> He by whom the great liṅga of Rāmeśvara has not been worshipped with devotion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.22)

cirakālaṃ sa saṃsāre saṃsaredduḥkhasaṃkule ..

> wanders for a long time in worldly existence filled with grief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.23)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgaṃ ye paśyaṃti sakṛnnarāḥ .. 11 ...

> The men who see the great liṅga of Rāmeśvara even once—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.24)

kiṃ dānaiḥ kiṃ vrataisteṣāṃ kiṃ tapobhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ ..

> what need have they of gifts, what of vows, what of austerities, what of sacrificial rites?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.25)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgaṃ yo na ciṃtayati kṣaṇam ..12..

> He who does not contemplate the great liṅga of Rāmeśvara even for a moment  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.26)

ajñānī sa ca pāpī syātsa mūko badhirastathā ..

> is ignorant and a sinner, dumb and deaf;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.27)

sa jaḍoṃ'dhaśca vijñeyaśchidraṃ tasya sadā bhavet .. 13 ..

> he should be known as stupid and blind, and a defect will always befall him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.28)

dhanakṣetrasutādīnāṃ tasya hānistathā bhavet ..

> There will likewise be loss of his wealth, field, sons, and the rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.29)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃge sakṛddṛṣṭe munīśvarāḥ .. 14 ..

> When the great liṅga of Rāmeśvara is seen even once, O lords of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.30)

kiṃ kāśyā gayayā kiṃ vā prayāgeṇāpi kiṃ phalam ..

> what need is there of Kāśī, what of Gayā, or what is the fruit gained even by Prayāga?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.31)

durlabhaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ mānavā yatra bhūtale .. 15 ..

> Having attained human birth, which is difficult to attain, where on the earth human beings  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.32)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ namasyaṃtyarcayaṃti ca ...

> bow to and worship the great liṅga Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.33)

janma teṣāṃ hi saphalaṃ te kṛtārthāśca netare ..16..

> their birth indeed bears fruit, and they have achieved their goal, but not others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.34)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃge pūjite vā smṛtepi vā ..

> When the great liṅga Rāmeśvara is worshipped or even remembered,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.35)

viṣṇunā brahmaṇā kiṃ vā śakreṇāpyakhilāmaraiḥ ..17..

> what need is there of Viṣṇu, Brahmā, or even Śakra and all the immortals?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.36)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ bhaktiyuktāśca ye narāḥ ..

> Those men who are endowed with devotion to the great liṅga Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.37)

teṣāṃ praṇāmasmaraṇapūjāyuktāstu ye narāḥ .. 18 ..

> and the men who are engaged in prostrating to, remembering, and worshipping them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.38)

na te paśyaṃti duḥkhāni naiva yāṃti yamālayam ..

> they do not see sorrows, nor do they go to the abode of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.39)

brahmahatyāsahasrāṇi surāpānāyutāni ca ..19..

> Thousands of murders of brahmins and tens of thousands of drinkings of liquor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.40)

dṛṣṭe rāmeśvare deve vilayaṃ yāṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ ..

> when the god Rāmeśvara is beheld, go entirely to dissolution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.41)

ye vāṃchaṃti sadā bhogaṃ rājyaṃ ca tridaśālaye ..3.1.43.20..

> Those who always desire enjoyment and sovereignty in the abode of the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.42)

rāme śvaramahāliṃgaṃ te namaṃtu sakṛnmudā ..

> let them bow with joy even once to the great liṅga Rāmeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.43)

yāni kāni ca pāpāni janmakoṭikṛtānyapi .. 21 ..

> Whatever sins have been committed even in ten million births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.44)

tāni rāmeśvare dṛṣṭe vilayaṃ yāṃti sarvadā ..

> they all dissolve always when Rāmeśvara is beheld.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.45)

saṃparkātkautukāllobhādbhayādvāpi ca saṃsmaran .. 22 ..

> Remembering from association, curiosity, greed, or even from fear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.46)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgaṃ nehāmutra ca duḥkhabhāk ..

> the great liṅga Rāmeśvara, one does not experience sorrow here or in the hereafter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.47)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgaṃ kīrtayannarcayannapi .. 23 ..

> Praising and also worshipping the great liṅga Rāmeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.48)

avaśyaṃ rudrasārūpyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ ..

> one inevitably attains conformity of form with Rudra; there is no doubt in this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.49)

yathaidhāṃsi samiddho'gnirbhasmasātkurute kṣaṇāt .. 24 ..

> Just as a kindled fire reduces pieces of firewood to ashes in an instant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.50)

tathā pāpāni sarvāṇi rāmeśvaravilokanāt ..

> so all sins \[are destroyed\] from the sight of Rāmeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.51)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgabhaktiraṣṭavidhā smṛtā .. 25 ..

> Devotion to the great liṅga Rāmeśvara is declared to be of eight kinds:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.52)

tadbhaktajanavātsalyaṃ tatpūjāparitoṣaṇam ..

> affection toward His devotees, delight in His worship,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.53)

svayaṃ tatpūjanaṃ bhaktyā tadarthe dehaceṣṭitam .. 26 ..

> worshipping Him oneself with devotion, bodily activity for His sake,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.54)

tanmāhātmyakathānāṃ ca śravaṇeṣvādarastathā ..

> and likewise reverence in listening to the stories of His māhātmya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.55)

svaranetraśarīreṣu vikārasphuraṇaṃ tathā .. 27 ..

> likewise the thrill of emotion in voice, eyes, and body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.56)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgasmaraṇaṃ saṃtataṃ tathā ..

> and continuous remembrance of the great liṅga Rāmeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.57)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgamāśrityaivopajīvanam .. 28 ..

> and living purely by taking refuge in the great liṅga Rāmeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.58)

79b  
evamaṣṭavidhā bhaktiryasminmlecche'pividyate ..

> In whomsoever this eightfold devotion exists, even in a barbarian,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.59)

sa eva muktikṣetrāṇāṃ dāyabhākparikīrtyate .. 29 ..

> he alone is proclaimed as an heir of the sacred fields of liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.60)

bhaktyā tvananyayā muktirbrahmajñānena niścitā ..

> Liberation is determined through single-minded devotion, through knowledge of Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.61)

vedāṃtaśāstraśravaṇādyatīnāmūrdhvaretasām .. 3.1.43.30 ..

> arising from the hearing of the Vedānta scriptures for celibate ascetics.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.62)

sā ca muktirvinā jñānadarśanaśravaṇodbhavam ..

> And that liberation—without the arising of knowledge, sight, or hearing,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.63)

yatrāśramaṃ vinā viprā viraktiṃ ca vinā tathā .. 31 ..

> without ascetic life, O brahmins, and likewise without dispassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.64)

sarveṣāṃ caiva varṇānāmakhilāśramiṇāmapi ..

> for all castes and indeed for members of all stages of life—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.65)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgadarśanādeva kevalāt .. 32 ..

> solely from the darśana of the great liṅga Rāmeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.66)

apunarbhavadā muktirbha viṣyatyavilaṃbitā ..

> will occur without delay, granting cessation of rebirth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.67)

kṛmikīṭāśca devāśca munayaśca tapodhanāḥ .. 33 ..

> Worms, insects, gods, and sages rich in austerity  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.68)

tulyā rāmeśvarakṣetre rāmanāthaprasādataḥ ..

> are equal in the sacred field of Rāmeśvara by the grace of Rāmanātha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.69)

pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ mayānekamiti mā kriyatāṃ bhayam .. 34 ..

> Let not fear be felt, thinking, “Much sin has been done by me!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.70)

mā garvaḥ kriyatāṃ puṇyaṃ mayākārīti vā janaiḥ ..

> Nor let pride be taken by people, thinking, “Merit was performed by me!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.71)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃge sāṃbarudre vilokite .. 35 ..

> When the great liṅga Rāmeśvara, Rudra accompanied by Ambā, is beheld,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.72)

na nyūnā nādhikāśca syuḥ kiṃ tu sarve janāḥ samāḥ ..

> there are none inferior and none superior; rather, all people are equal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.73)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgaṃ yaḥ paśyati sabhaktikam .. 36 ..

> He who beholds the great liṅga Rāmeśvara with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.74)

na tena tulyatāmeti caturvedyapi bhūtale ..

> even one who knows the four Vedas on earth does not equal him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.75)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃge bhakto yaḥ śvapaco'pi san .. 37 ..

> One who is devoted to the great liṅga Rāmeśvara, even though an outcaste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.76)

tasmai dānāni deyāni nānyasmai ca trayīvide ..

> to him gifts should be given, and not to another who merely knows the three Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.77)

yā gatiryogayuktānāṃ munīnāmūrdhvaretasām .. 38 ..

> Whatever destination is obtained by celibate sages endowed with yoga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.78)

sā gatiḥ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ rāmeśvaravilokinām ..

> that is the destination of all creatures who behold Rāmeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.79)

rāmanāthaśivakṣetre ye vasaṃti narā dvijāḥ .. 39 ..

> Those men who dwell in the sacred field of Rāmanātha-Śiva, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.80)

te sarve pañcavaktrāḥ syuścaṃdrālaṃkṛtamastakāḥ ..

> they all will have five faces, their heads adorned with the crescent moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.81)

nāgābharaṇasaṃyuktāstathaiva vṛṣabhadhvajāḥ .. 3.1.43.40 ..

> equipped with serpent ornaments, and having the bull on their banner,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.82)

trinetrā bhasmadigdhāṃgāḥ kapālākṛtiśekharāḥ ..

> three-eyed, their limbs smeared with ashes, crowned with skull crests,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.83)

sākṣātsāṃbā mahādevā bhaveyurnātra saṃśayaḥ ..41 ..

> they will become Mahādevas accompanied by Ambā in bodily presence; there is no doubt in this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.84)

rāmanāthaśivakṣetraṃ ye vrajaṃti narā mudā ..

> Those men who joyfully travel to the sacred field of Rāmanātha-Śiva  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.85)

padepade'śvamedhānāṃ prāpnuyuḥ sukṛtāni te .. 42 ..

> obtain at every step the merits of horse-sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.86)

rāmasetuṃ samāśritya rāmanāthasya tuṣṭaye..

> Taking refuge at the bridge of Rāma, for the pleasure of Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.87)

dadāti grāmamekaṃ yo brāhmaṇāya sabhaktikam ..43..

> he who gives a single village to a brahmin with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.88)

tena bhūḥ sakalā dattā saśailavanakānanā ..

> by him the entire earth has been given, along with its mountains and forests.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.89)

patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ rāmanāthāya yo naraḥ .. 44 ..

> That man who offers a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water to Rāmanātha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.90)

bhaktyā dadāti taṃ rakṣedrāmanātho hyaharniśam..

> with devotion, him Rāmanātha protects day and night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.91)

rāmanāthamahāliṃge sāṃbe kāruṇike śive .. 45 ..

> Toward the great liṅga Rāmanātha, with the Mother, compassionate, Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.92)

atyaṃtadurlabhā bhaktistatpūjāpyatidurlabhā ..

> devotion is extremely rare, and worship of him is also very rare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.93)

stotraṃ ca durlabhaṃ proktaṃ smaraṇaṃ cātidurlabham .. 46 ..

> Praise is declared difficult to attain, and remembrance is exceedingly rare. // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.94)

rāmanātheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ mahādevaṃ trilocanam ..

> To the liṅga Rāmanātheśvara, the great god, the three-eyed one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.95)

śaraṇaṃ ye prapadyaṃte bhaktiyuktena cetasā .. 47 ..

> those who take refuge with a mind filled with devotion, // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.96)

lābhasteṣāṃ jayasteṣā miha loke paratra ca ..

> theirs is gain, theirs is victory in this world and in the next.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.97)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaviṣayā yasya śemuṣī .. 48 ..

> He whose intellect is directed toward the great liṅga Rāmanātha // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.98)

divārātraṃ ca bhavati sa vai dhanyataro bhuvi ..

> day and night—he indeed is the most fortunate on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.99)

rāmanātheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ yo na pūjayate śivam.. 49 ..

> Whoever does not worship the liṅga Rāmanātheśvara, Śiva, // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.100)

nāyaṃ bhukteśca mukteśca rājyānāmapi bhājanam ..

> he is not a vessel for enjoyment, liberation, or even kingdoms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.101)

rāmeśvaramahāliṃgaṃ yaḥ pūjayati bhaktitaḥ .. 3.1.43.50 ..

> Whoever worships the great liṅga Rāmeśvara with devotion, // 3.1.43.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.102)

bhuktimuktyośca rājyānāmasau paramabhājanam ..

> he is the supreme vessel for enjoyment, liberation, and kingdoms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.103)

rāmanāthārcanasamaṃ nādhikaṃ puṇyamasti vai .. 51 ..

> There is indeed no merit equal to or greater than the worship of Rāmanātha. // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.104)

rāmanātheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dveṣṭi yo mohamāsthitaḥ ..

> Whoever, overcome by delusion, hates the liṅga Rāmanātheśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.105)

brahmahatyāyutaṃ tena kṛtaṃ narakakāraṇam .. 52 ..

> by him ten thousand killings of brahmins have been committed, causing \[descent into\] hell. // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.106)

tatsaṃbhāṣaṇamātreṇa mānavo narakaṃ vrajet ..

> Merely by conversing with him, a mortal would go to hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.107)

rāmanāthaparā devā rāmanāthaparā makhāḥ .. 53 ..

> The gods are devoted to Rāmanātha; the sacrifices are devoted to Rāmanātha; // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.108)

rāmanāthaparāḥ sarve tasmāda nyanna vidyate ..

> all are devoted to Rāmanātha—there exists nothing other than him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.109)

ataḥ sarvaṃ parityajya rāmanāthaṃ samāśrayet .. 54 ..

> Therefore, abandoning everything, one should take refuge in Rāmanātha. // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.110)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ śaraṇaṃ yāti cennaraḥ ..

> If a man goes for refuge to the great liṅga Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.111)

daurmatyaṃ tasya nāstyeva śivalokaṃ ca yāsyati .. 55 ..

> his wicked mind ceases to exist, and he will go to the world of Śiva. // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.112)

sarvayajñatapodānatīrthasnāneṣu yatphalam ..

> Whatever fruit \[lies\] in all sacrifices, austerities, gifts, and bathing at sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.113)

tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ rāmanāthasya sevayā..56..

> that fruit is multiplied ten million times through service to Rāmanātha. // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.114)

rāmanātheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ ciṃtayanghaṭikā dvayam ..

> Meditating on the liṅga Rāmanātheśvara for two ghaṭikās,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.115)

kulaikavaṃśamuddhṛtya śivaloke mahīyate .. 57 ..

> delivering twenty-one generations of his lineage, he is exalted in the world of Śiva. // 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.116)

dinamekaṃ tu yaḥ paśyedrāmanāthaṃ maheśvaram ..

> And he who gazes upon Rāmanātha, the great lord, for just one day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.117)

ihaiva dhanavānbhūtvā soṃ'te rudraśca jāyate .. 58 ..

> having become wealthy in this very life, becomes Rudra at the end. // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.118)

yaḥ smaretprātarutthāya rāmanāthaṃ maheśvaram ..

> He who, having risen in the morning, remembers Rāmanātha, the great lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.119)

anenaiva śarīreṇa sa śivo vartate bhuvi .. 59 ..

> in this very body he exists on earth as Śiva. // 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.120)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgadraṣṭurdarśanamātrataḥ ..

> Merely by the darśana of one who has seen the great liṅga Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.121)

anyeṣāṃ prāṇināṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati .. 3.1.43.60 ..

> the sin of other living beings is destroyed that very instant. // 3.1.43.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.122)

rāmanātheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ madhyāhne yastu paśyati ..

> Whoever gazes upon the liṅga Rāmanātheśvara at midday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.123)

surāpānasahasrāṇi tasya naśyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt .. .. 61 ..

> thousands of \[his sins of\] drinking liquor are destroyed that very instant. // 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.124)

sāyaṃkāle paśyati yo rāmanāthaṃ sabhaktikam ..

> He who gazes upon Rāmanātha in the evening with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.125)

gurustrīgamanotpannapātakaṃ tasya naśyati .. 62 ..

> the sin born of going to the guru’s wife is destroyed for him. // 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.126)

sāyaṃkāle mahāstotraiḥ stauti rāmeśvaraṃ tu yaḥ ..

> And he who praises Rāmeśvara in the evening with great hymns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.127)

svarṇasteyasahasrāṇi tasya naśyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt .. 63 ..

> thousands of \[his sins of\] stealing gold are destroyed that very instant. // 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.128)

snānaṃ ca dhanuṣaḥ koṭau rāmanāthasya darśanam ..

> Bathing at Dhanuṣkoṭi and the darśana of Rāmanātha—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.129)

iti labhyeta vai puṃsāṃ kiṃ gaṃgājalasevayā .. 64 ..

> if such is obtained by men, what need is there of serving the waters of the Gaṅgā? // 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.130)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgasevayā yanna labhyate ..

> Whatever is not obtained through the service of the great liṅga Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.131)

tadanyaddharmajālena naiva labhyeta karhicit .. 65 ..

> that could never be obtained by any network of other religious duties. // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.132)

rāmanāthaṃ mahāligaṃ yaḥ kadāpi na paśyati ..

> He who never looks upon the great liṅga Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.133)

saṃkaraḥ sa tu vijñeyo na piturbījasaṃbhavaḥ .. 66 ..

> he should be known as a hybrid, not born from his father's seed. // 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.134)

rāmanāthetiśabdaṃ yastriḥ paṭhetprātarutthitaḥ ..

> Having risen in the morning, whoever recites three times the word 'Rāmanātha',  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.135)

tasya pūrvadinotpannapātakaṃ naśyati kṣaṇāt .. 67 ..

> his sin produced on the previous day is destroyed in an instant. // 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.136)

rāmanāthe mahāliṃge bhaktarakṣaṇadīkṣite ..

> While the great liṅga Rāmanātha is consecrated to protecting devotees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.137)

bhojane vidyamāne'pi yācanāḥ kiṃ prayāsyatha .. 68 ..

> and while food is present, why will you go begging? // 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.138)

rāmanāthamahāliṃge prasanne karuṇānidhau ..

> When the great liṅga Rāmanātha, the treasure of compassion, is pleased,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.139)

naśyaṃti sakalāḥ kleśā yathā sūryodaye himam .. 69 ..

> all afflictions are destroyed, like snow at sunrise. // 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.140)

prāṇotkramaṇavelāyāṃ rāmanāthaṃ smaredyadi ..

> If at the time of the departure of the life-breaths one remembers Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.141)

janmane'sau na kalpeta bhūyaḥ śaṃkaratāmiyāt .. 3.1.43.70 ..

> he is not fit for rebirth; he attains Śiva-hood once again. // 3.1.43.70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.142)

rāmanātha mahādeva māṃ rakṣa karuṇānidhe ..

> 'O Rāmanātha, O Mahādeva, protect me, O ocean of mercy!'—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.143)

iti yaḥ satataṃ brūyātkalināsau na bādhyate .. 71 ..

> he who speaks thus constantly is not afflicted by Kali. // 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.144)

rāmanātha jagannātha dhūrjaṭe nīlalohita ..

> 'O Rāmanātha, O Jagannātha, O Dhūrjaṭi, O Nīlalohita!'—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.145)

iti yaḥ satataṃ brūyādbādhyate'sau na māyayā .. 72 ..

> he who speaks thus constantly is not afflicted by illusion. // 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.146)

nīlakaṇṭha mahādeva rāmeśvarasadāśiva ..

> 'O Nīlakaṇṭha, O Mahādeva, O Rāmeśvara-Sadāśiva!'—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.147)

iti bruvansadā jaṃturnaiva kāmena bādhyate .. 73 ..

> saying this always, a living being is not troubled by desire. // 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.148)

rāmeśvara yamārāte kālakūṭaviṣādana ..

> 'O Rāmeśvara, O enemy of Yama, O consumer of the kālakūṭa poison!'—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.149)

itīrayañjano nityaṃ na krodhena prapīḍyate .. 74 ..

> a person uttering this daily is not tormented by anger. // 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.150)

rāmanāthālayaṃ yastu dārubhiḥ kurute naraḥ ..

> Whoever builds an abode for Rāmanātha out of timber,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.151)

sa pumānsvargamāpnoti trikoṭikulasaṃyutaḥ .. 75 ..

> that person attains heaven together with three tens of millions of ancestors in his lineage. (75)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.152)

iṣṭakābhistu yaḥ kuryātsa vaikuṇṭhamavāpnuyāt ..

> One who builds it with bricks attains Vaikuṇṭha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.153)

śilābhiḥ kurute yastu sa gacchedbrahmaṇaḥ padam .. 76 ..

> one who builds it with stones goes to the abode of Brahmā. (76)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.154)

sphaṭikādiśilābhedaiḥ kurvannasyālayaṃ janaḥ ..

> A person who builds his temple with various kinds of stone such as crystal  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.155)

śivalokamavāpnoti vimānavaramāsthitaḥ .. 77 ..

> attains the realm of Śiva, mounted on an excellent aerial chariot. (77)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.156)

rāmanāthālayaṃ tāmraiḥ kurvanbhaktipuraḥsaram ..

> One who builds the temple of Rāmanātha out of copper with devotion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.157)

śivasāmīpyamāpnoti śivasyārddhāsanasthitaḥ .. 78 ..

> attains proximity to Śiva, seated upon half of Śiva's throne. (78)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.158)

rāmeśvarālayaṃ rūpyaiḥ kurvanvai mānavo mudā ..

> A man who joyfully builds the temple of Rāmeśvara with silver  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.159)

śivasārūpyamāpnoti śivavanmodate sadā .. 79 ..

> attains similarity of form to Śiva and rejoices constantly like Śiva. (79)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.160)

rāmanāthālayaṃ hemnā yaḥ karoti sabhaktikam ..

> He who builds the temple of Rāmanātha with gold, endowed with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.161)

sa naro muktimāpnoti śivasāyujyarūpiṇīm .. 3.1.43.80 ..

> that man attains liberation consisting of union with Śiva. (80)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.162)

rāmanāthālayaṃ hemnā dhanāḍhyaḥ kurute naraḥ ..

> If a wealthy man builds the temple of Rāmanātha with gold  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.163)

mṛdā daridraḥ kurute tayoḥ puṇyaṃ samaṃ smṛtam .. 81 ..

> and a poor man builds it with clay, the religious merit of the two is considered equal. (81)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.164)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgasnānakāle dvijottamāḥ ..

> O best of brahmins, at the time of the ritual ablution of the great liṅga of Rāmanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.165)

trisaṃdhyaṃ geyanṛtte ca mukhavādyaiśca kāhalam .. 82 ..

> at the three junctures of the day, with song and dance, vocal mouth-music, and the kāhala trumpet, (82)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.166)

vādyānyanyāni kurute yaḥ pumānbhaktipūrvakam ..

> the person who provides other musical instruments with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.167)

sa mahāpātakairmukto rudraloke mahīyate .. .. 83 ..

> released from great sins, is exalted in the realm of Rudra. (83)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.168)

yobhiṣekasya samaye rāmanāthasya śūlinaḥ ..

> Whoever, at the time of the ceremonial bath of Rāmanātha the bearer of the trident,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.169)

rudrādhyāyaṃ ca camakaṃ tathā puruṣasūktakam .. 84 ..

> recites the Rudrādhyāya, the Camaka, and likewise the Puruṣasūkta, (84)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.170)

trisuparṇaṃ paṃcaśāṃtiṃ pāvamānyādikaṃ tathā ..

> the Trisuparṇa, the five Śānti hymns, and likewise the Pāvamānī hymns and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.171)

japetprītiyuto viprā narakaṃ na samaśnute .. 85 ..

> recites them with joy, O brahmins, does not undergo hell. (85)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.172)

gavāṃ kṣīreṇa dadhnā ca paṃcagavyairghṛtaistathā ..

> With cow's milk, curd, the five products of the cow, and ghee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.173)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgasnānaṃ narakanāśanam .. .. 86 ..

> the ritual ablution of the great liṅga of Rāmanātha destroys hell. (86)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.174)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ ghṛtena snāpayecca yaḥ ..

> And whoever bathes the great liṅga of Rāmanātha with ghee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.175)

kalpajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati .. 87 ..

> his sin accumulated over kalpas and lifetimes is destroyed that very instant. (87)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.176)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ gokṣīraiḥ snāpayannaraḥ ..

> A man bathing the great liṅga of Rāmanātha with cow's milk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.177)

kulaikaviṃśamuttārya śivaloke mahīyate .. 88 ..

> having delivered twenty-one generations of his lineage, is exalted in the realm of Śiva. (88)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.178)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ dadhnā saṃsnāpayannaraḥ ..

> A man bathing the great liṅga of Rāmanātha completely with curd,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.179)

sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate .. 89 ..

> freed from all sins, is exalted in the realm of Viṣṇu. (89)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.180)

abhyaṃgaṃ tilatailena rāmeśvaraśivasya yaḥ ..

> Whoever indeed performs an anointing with sesame oil for Śiva Rāmeśvara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.181)

karoti hi sakṛdbhaktyā sa kuberagṛhe vaset .. 3.1.43.90 ..

> even once with devotion, dwells in the abode of Kubera. (90)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.182)

rāmanāthamahāliṃge snānamikṣurasena yaḥ ..

> Whoever performs the ritual ablution of the great liṅga of Rāmanātha with sugarcane juice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.183)

sakṛdapyācaredbha ktyā candralokaṃ samaśnute .. 91 ..

> even once with devotion, attains the realm of the Moon. (91)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.184)

likucāmrarasotpannasāreṇa snāpayannaraḥ ..

> A man bathing with the extract produced from the juice of monkey-jackfruit and mangoes  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.185)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ pitṛlokaṃ samaśnute .. 92 ..

> the great liṅga of Rāmanātha, attains the realm of the ancestors. (92)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.186)

nālikerajalaiḥ snānaṃ rāmanāthamaheśvare ..

> The ritual ablution of Rāmanātha the great lord with coconut water  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.187)

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ nāśanaṃ parikīrtitam .. 93 ..

> is proclaimed to destroy sins such as the killing of a brahmin. (93)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.188)

rāmanāthamahāliṃgaṃ raṃbhāpakvairvimardayan ..

> Rubbing the great liṅga of Rāmanātha with ripe plantains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.189)

vināśya sakalaṃ pāpaṃ vāyuloke mahī yate. 94 ..

> destroying all sin, one is exalted in the realm of Vāyu. (94)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.190)

vastrapūtena toyena rāmanāthaṃ maheśvaram ..

> Bathing Rāmanātha the great lord with water filtered through cloth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.191)

snāpayanvāruṇaṃ lokamāpnoti dvijasattamāḥ .. 95 ..

> one attains the realm of Varuṇa, O best of brahmins. (95)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.192)

caṃdanodakadhārābhī rāmanāthaṃ maheśvaram ..

> If a man bathes Rāmanātha the great lord with streams of sandalwood water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.193)

snāpayetpuruṣo viprā gāṃdharvaṃ lokamāpnuyāt .. 96 ..

> O brahmins, he will attain the realm of the Gandharvas. (96)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.194)

puṣpavāsitatoyena hemasaṃpṛktavāriṇā ..

> From the ritual ablution of Rāmeśvara with water perfumed with flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.195)

padmavāsitatoyena snānādrāmeśvarasya tu .. 97 ..

> with water mixed with gold, and with water perfumed with lotuses, (97)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.196)

maheṃdrāsanamāruhya tenaiva saha modate..

> having mounted the throne of Mahendra, he rejoices with him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.197)

pāṭalotpalakalhārapunnāgakaravīrakaiḥ 98 ..

> With pāṭalā, utpala, kalhāra, punnāga, and karavīra blossoms, (98)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.198)

vāsitairvāribhirviprā rāmeśvaramaheśvaram ..

> with waters perfumed \[by these\], O brahmins, having given a ceremonial bath to the great lord Rāmeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.199)

abhiṣicya mahadbhiśca pātakaiḥ sa vimucyate .. 99 ..

> he is liberated even from great sins. (99)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.43.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.43.200)

yāni cānyāni puṣpāṇi surabhīṇi mahāṃti ca ..

> And whatever other flowers there are, fragrant and great,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.7.p77.1) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit

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