Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 26
The Glory of the Mother-and-Father Sacred Ford
Mātāpitṛ-tīrtha-māhātmya
एतदर्थं समाज्ञातं धर्मशास्त्रं श्रुतं मया । पितृभक्तिपरो नित्यं भवेत्पुत्रो हि पिप्पल
etadarthaṃ samājñātaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ śrutaṃ mayā | pitṛbhaktiparo nityaṃ bhavetputro hi pippala
اسی مقصد کے لیے میں نے دھرم شاستر کو قاعدے کے مطابق سیکھا اور سنا ہے۔ لہٰذا، اے پِپّل! بیٹے کو ہمیشہ پدر بھکتی میں لگن رکھنی چاہیے۔
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Concept: Śāstra is learned for the sake of practice: the conclusion (tasmāt) is nitya pitṛ-bhakti; knowledge culminates in lived devotion and duty.
Application: Study ethics/scripture with the intent to implement; choose one consistent daily vow of respect/service to parents/elders as a ‘nitya-niyama’.
Primary Rasa: shanta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: एतद्+अर्थम्→एतदर्थम्; भवेत्+पुत्रः→भवेत्पुत्रः.
FAQs
It teaches that a son should maintain constant reverence and devotion toward his father, grounding the advice in the authority of Dharma-śāstra.
Pippala is the person being addressed (vocative). The excerpt does not provide further identification; the surrounding chapter context is required to specify who he is in the narrative.
It emphasizes filial duty (pitṛ-bhakti) as a sustained ethical discipline, presented as consistent with traditional Dharma-śāstra learning.