Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

विलयं नय पापानि पिप्पल त्वं हरिप्रिय । मंत्रेणानेन ये देवाः पूजयिष्यंति पिप्पलम्

Transliteration

vilayaṃ naya pāpāni pippala tvaṃ haripriya | maṃtreṇānena ye devāḥ pūjayiṣyaṃti pippalam

Translation

“ഹരിപ്രിയനായ പിപ്പലേ! എന്റെ പാപങ്ങളെ ലയത്തിലേക്ക് നയിക്കണമേ.” ഈ മന്ത്രത്തോടെ പിപ്പലത്തെ പൂജിക്കുന്ന ഭക്തർ—

Word by Word

• विलयम्: dissolution/destruction
• विलयम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नय: lead/bring
• नय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पिप्पल: O Pippala (tree)
• पिप्पल: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हरिप्रिय: O beloved of Hari
• हरिप्रिय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक); components: हरि(हरि) + प्रिय(प्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (हरेः प्रियः)

• मन्त्रेण: by (this) mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (करण/Instrument—modifier of मन्त्रेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता/Apposition to ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) णिजन्त (पूजय-)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative/denominative usage)

• पिप्पलम्: the pippala tree
• पिप्पलम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; mantra instruction within narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pippala (Hari-priya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with folded hands recites a mantra to the pippala; the words appear as a luminous garland encircling the trunk; dark stains symbolizing sins dissolve into the earth.

Characters & Entities

• Pippala
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred speech (mantra) sanctifies worship; addressing the pippala as Hari’s beloved frames the tree as a Viṣṇu-associated conduit of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The pippala itself is presented as a sacred focus of worship within the tīrtha-māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A specific prayer-mantra is supplied for pippala-pūjā: “vilayaṃ naya pāpāni… haripriya.”