Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 67
The Glory of the Mother-and-Father Tīrtha
Within the Vena Episode
स्वच्छंदलीलासंचारी वर्ताम्येव हि पिप्पल । किं मे चान्येन तपसा किं मे कायस्य शोषणैः
svacchaṃdalīlāsaṃcārī vartāmyeva hi pippala | kiṃ me cānyena tapasā kiṃ me kāyasya śoṣaṇaiḥ
હે પિપ્પલ! હું સ્વચ્છંદ લીલાભાવે નિર્ભય રીતે વિહરું છું. મને બીજી તપશ્ચર્યા શા માટે? દેહને ક્ષીણ કરવાનું શું કામ?
Unspecified ascetic/speaker addressing Pippala (context not provided in input)
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: forest
Sandhi Resolution Notes: vartāmyeva = vartāmi + eva; cānyena = ca + anyena. svacchaṃdalīlāsaṃcārī treated as multi-member tatpuruṣa adjective.
FAQs
It questions the necessity of additional austerities and bodily mortification, implying that inner freedom or a natural, unforced mode of living is being presented as sufficient in the speaker’s view.
In the verse, “Pippala” is the addressed figure (vocative). Without the surrounding narrative, the input does not specify whether this is a sage named Pippala or another referent; the verse functions as direct address to “Pippala.”
It cautions against equating spirituality with self-harm or extreme physical deprivation, encouraging discernment about whether practices actually serve wisdom and liberation.