Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76
Devanagari script
पिप्पलस्याथ भूर्जस्य न त्वन्यस्य कथंचन । तांस्तु वै कारयेच्छुद्धांस्तंदुलाञ्छालिसंभवान्
Transliteration
pippalasyātha bhūrjasya na tvanyasya kathaṃcana | tāṃstu vai kārayecchuddhāṃstaṃdulāñchālisaṃbhavān
Translation
Usem-se folhas de pippala (figueira sagrada) ou de bhūrja (bétula), e de nenhuma outra espécie. E façam-se limpos e puros esses grãos de arroz, nascidos do arroz śāli.
Word by Word
पिप्पलस्यof the pippala tree
पिप्पलस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपिप्पल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — “of the pippala (tree)”
अथthen/now
अथ:
Discourse marker (सम्बन्धसूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)
भूर्जस्यof the birch tree
भूर्जस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभूर्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — “of the bhūrja (birch)”
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Discourse particle (विरोध/विशेष)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)
अन्यस्यof any other
अन्यस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — “of another (one)”
कथंचनin any way at all
कथंचन:
Adverbial modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथंचन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — सर्वथा/कदापि-निषेधप्रयोगे (in any way/at all)
तान्those
तान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन — “those”
तुindeed
तु:
Discourse particle (विशेष)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — विशेषार्थक (indeed)
वैcertainly
वै:
Emphasis (निश्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — निश्चयार्थक/खलु (certainly/indeed)
कारयेत्should have (them) prepared
कारयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — “should cause to be done/made”
शुद्धान्pure
शुद्धान्:
Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तान्/तन्दुलान्’)
तन्दुलान्rice grains
तन्दुलान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतन्दुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन — “rice-grains”
शालि-सम्भवान्arising from śāli (paddy)
शालि-सम्भवान्:
Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशालि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: शालेर् सम्भवः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — विशेषणम् (of ‘तन्दुलान्’)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa context
Characters & Entities
P
Pippala (Aśvattha)B
Bhūrja (birch)FAQs
Dharma emphasizes purity and correct materials; sacred acts depend on sanctioned substances, not personal improvisation.
The rite belongs to the Bhaṭṭāditya-associated sacred setting described in this adhyāya, where such tests are considered efficacious.
Only pippala or bhūrja leaves are permitted, and the rice must be clean śāli-derived grains.