Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
प्रयच्छंति नृणां कामान्वांछितान्सेविता अपि । तस्मात्सर्वात्मभावेन पिप्पलो येन सेवितः
prayacchaṃti nṛṇāṃ kāmānvāṃchitānsevitā api | tasmātsarvātmabhāvena pippalo yena sevitaḥ
Bahkan hanya dengan melayani dan memuja, mereka menganugerahkan kepada manusia keinginan yang didambakan. Karena itu, siapa pun yang melayani Pippala (Aśvattha) dengan segenap jiwa, dengan bhakti yang tunggal…
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Pippala/Aśvattha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devotees approach the Pippala with offerings; even minimal service is shown bearing fruit—symbolic visions of fulfilled wishes appear as gentle halos; the central figure serves with single-minded devotion.
FAQs
Whole-hearted service to sacred embodiments of divinity is taught to yield both worldly fulfillment and higher spiritual benefit.
The sacred Pippala tree is treated as a living tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-mahātmya narrative.
Sevā (devotional service) of the Pippala with sarvātmabhāva (complete sincerity) is prescribed.