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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

唾を吐く作法が成され、サヴィトリ（太陽神）の御前に立つとき、もし誰かの唾に血が見えるなら、その者は不浄（潔白ならず）と宣せられるべし。

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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