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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

निष्ठीवने कृते तेषां सवितुः पुरतः स्थिते । शोणितं दृश्यते यस्य तमशुद्धं विनिर्दिशेत्

Transliteration

niṣṭhīvane kṛte teṣāṃ savituḥ purataḥ sthite | śoṇitaṃ dṛśyate yasya tamaśuddhaṃ vinirdiśet

Translation

When the spitting rite has been performed, while standing before Savitṛ (the Sun), if blood is seen in someone’s spittle, that person should be declared impure (i.e., not cleared).

Word by Word
निष्ठीवनेin the act of spitting
निष्ठीवने:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनिष्ठीवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — “in/at spitting”
कृतेwhen (it is) done
कृते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — “when done” (locative absolute with ‘निष्ठीवने’)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — “of them”
सवितुःof the Sun
सवितुः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
पुरतःin front of
पुरतः:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — देशवाचक (in front of)
स्थितेwhile standing
स्थिते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — “while (one is) standing” (locative absolute with ‘पुरतः’)
शोणितम्blood
शोणितम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशोणित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — “blood”
दृश्यतेis seen
दृश्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): “is seen/appears”
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — “of whom/whose”
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — “him”
अशुद्धम्impure
अशुद्धम्:
Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअशुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् (of ‘तम्’)
विनिर्दिशेत्should declare
विनिर्दिशेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनिर्दिश् (धातु) (वि-निर्-उपसर्ग)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — “should declare/indicate”
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Savitṛ/Bhaṭṭāditya ordeal-site (implied)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense moment: the subject spits as officiants watch; a small trace of red appears, while the Sun blazes overhead as witness, and the assembly turns solemn.

Characters & Entities
S
Savitṛ (Sun)

FAQs

Dharma traditions sought objective signs under divine witness; the Sun symbolizes impartial seeing in matters of accusation.

This is part of the Bhaṭṭāditya-associated divya practice described in the chapter.

After the spitting rite before the Sun, the appearance of blood is taken as a mark of non-clearance/impurity.

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