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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

Que le pippala soit adoré, médité, contemplé ou servi—surtout durant le Cāturmāsya—il opère la destruction des péchés et des maladies. L’Aśvattha, lorsqu’il est vénéré et arrosé, devient dispensateur de bonheur pour tous les êtres.

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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