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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

पिप्पलः पूजितो ध्यातो दृष्टः सेवित एव वा । पापरोगविनाशाय चातुर्मास्ये विशेषतः । अश्वत्थं पूजितं सिक्तं सर्वभूतसुखावहम्

Transliteration

pippalaḥ pūjito dhyāto dṛṣṭaḥ sevita eva vā | pāparogavināśāya cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ | aśvatthaṃ pūjitaṃ siktaṃ sarvabhūtasukhāvaham

Translation

Ob die Pippala verehrt, in Meditation bedacht, angeschaut oder dienend gepflegt wird — besonders während des Cāturmāsya — sie bewirkt die Vernichtung von Sünden und Krankheiten. Die Aśvattha, verehrt und begossen, wird zur Spenderin von Glück für alle Wesen.

Word by Word
पिप्पलःthe pippala (sacred fig) tree
पिप्पलः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootपिप्पल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
पूजितःworshipped
पूजितः:
Karma (कर्म/Predicate qualifier of subject)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘पूजितः’ = ‘having been worshipped’
ध्यातःmeditated upon
ध्यातः:
Karma (कर्म/Predicate qualifier)
TypeVerb
Rootध्यै (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
दृष्टःseen
दृष्टः:
Karma (कर्म/Predicate qualifier)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सेवितःserved/attended
सेवितः:
Karma (कर्म/Predicate qualifier)
TypeVerb
Rootसेव् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (alternative/disjunction)
पापरोगविनाशायfor the destruction of sins and diseases
पापरोगविनाशाय:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप + रोग + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक); components: पाप(पाप) + रोग(रोग) + विनाश(विनाश)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष (पापरोगयोः विनाशः)
चातुर्मास्येin the four-month period (Cāturmāsya)
चातुर्मास्ये:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootचातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेषतः (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)
अश्वत्थम्the aśvattha tree
अश्वत्थम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object implied with participles)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
पूजितम्worshipped
पूजितम्:
Karma (कर्म/Qualifier)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘अश्वत्थम्’ इति कर्मविशेषण
सिक्तम्watered/sprinkled
सिक्तम्:
Karma (कर्म/Qualifier)
TypeVerb
Rootसिच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
सर्वभूतसुखावहम्bringing happiness to all beings
सर्वभूतसुखावहम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of अश्वत्थम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + भूत + सुख + आवह (प्रातिपदिक); components: सर्व(सर्व) + भूत(भूत) + सुख(सुख) + आवह(आवह)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वभूतानां सुखम् आवहति इति)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage-like scene: devotees worship with flowers and lamps, another meditates beneath the pippala, others simply behold it; during monsoon Cāturmāsya the tree appears radiant, and animals/birds gather peacefully, signifying ‘happiness for all beings’.

Characters & Entities
P
Pippala/Aśvattha
C
Cāturmāsya

FAQs

Multiple modes of devotion—pūjā, dhyāna, darśana, and sevā—are all valid and efficacious, particularly in Cāturmāsya, yielding purification and wellbeing.

The sacred Aśvattha/Pippala is praised as a dhārmic center of merit within the chapter’s tīrtha-context.

Worship and watering (sevana/sechana) of the Aśvattha, with emphasis on performing it during Cāturmāsya.

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