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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

सुप्ते देवे वृक्षमध्यमास्थाय भगवान्प्रभुः । जलं पृथ्वीगतं सर्वं प्रपिबन्निव सेवते

Transliteration

supte deve vṛkṣamadhyamāsthāya bhagavānprabhuḥ | jalaṃ pṛthvīgataṃ sarvaṃ prapibanniva sevate

Translation

เมื่อเทวะ (วิษณุ) ทรงบรรทมในโยคนิทรา พระผู้เป็นเจ้าอันประเสริฐสถิตอยู่กลางต้นไม้ ราวกับทรงดื่มซับสรรพน้ำนานาที่ซึมลงสู่แผ่นดิน และด้วยประการนั้นทรง ‘ปรนนิบัติ’ (ค้ำจุน) โลกไว้

Word by Word
सुप्तेwhen (he) is asleep
सुप्ते:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुप्त (कृदन्त; √स्वप् धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)
देवेin/when the god
देवे:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
वृक्षमध्यम्the middle of the tree
वृक्षमध्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष + मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष ('middle of the tree')
आस्थायhaving taken position (in)
आस्थाय:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√स्था (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
प्रभुःthe master
प्रभुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समानाधिकरण (apposition to भगवान्)
जलम्water
जलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
पृथ्वीगतम्that has entered the earth
पृथ्वीगतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपृथ्वी + गत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष ('gone into the earth'); विशेषण (of जलम्)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of जलम्)
प्रपिबन्drinking
प्रपिबन्:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Root√पा (धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle)
इवas if
इव:
Upamana-marker (Comparison/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)
सेवतेserves/attends (to)
सेवते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√सेव् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
Speaker

Skanda (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aśvattha (Viṣṇu-ādhāra during yoganidrā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal Aśvattha with Viṣṇu subtly enthroned within its heartwood during yoganidrā; beneath, the earth’s waters are drawn upward in a mystical cycle, suggesting the Lord ‘drinking’ and sustaining all.

Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu
Y
Yoga-nidrā (implied)
A
Aśvattha (tree, implied)

FAQs

The sacred tree is not merely symbolic: it is portrayed as a cosmic seat where Viṣṇu abides and sustains life, giving theological grounding to tree-veneration.

The verse sacralizes the Aśvattha as a living sacred abode; the ‘site’ is the tree itself within the māhātmya landscape.

No direct rite is prescribed here; it provides the theological rationale supporting Aśvattha-sevā, especially in the Cāturmāsya season.

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