Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 13
Praise of the Merits of Sacred Ponds, Tree-Planting, and Water-Charities
अश्वत्थादीन्समारोप्य स्वर्गं याति मनोरमम् । अर्चयित्वा तु यत्पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि द्विजातयः
aśvatthādīnsamāropya svargaṃ yāti manoramam | arcayitvā tu yatpuṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvijātayaḥ
अश्वत्थादीन् समारोप्य नरः स्वर्गं मनोरमं याति। अर्चनात् यत् पुण्यं भवति, तत् प्रवक्ष्यामि द्विजातयः।
Unspecified narrator/speaker (context needed from surrounding verses; likely a sage addressing dvijas)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: forest
Sandhi Resolution Notes: अश्वत्थादीन्समारोप्य = अश्वत्थादीन् + समारोप्य
FAQs
The verse praises planting sacred trees such as the Aśvattha (peepal/sacred fig), presenting it as a dharmic act that yields spiritual merit.
It states that one attains a delightful heaven (svarga) as a fruit of planting such sacred trees.
The speaker says they will explain the merit (puṇya) that arises from worship (arcana), addressing the twice-born (dvijātayaḥ).