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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

लक्षयेयुः कृतादीनि हस्तयोस्तस्य हारिणः । सप्ताश्वत्थस्य पत्राणि भध्नीयुः करयोस्ततः

Transliteration

lakṣayeyuḥ kṛtādīni hastayostasya hāriṇaḥ | saptāśvatthasya patrāṇi bhadhnīyuḥ karayostataḥ

Translation

وہ لوگ اس شخص کے ہاتھوں پر بنے ہوئے نشانات اور لکیروں کو غور سے دیکھیں۔ پھر اس کے دونوں ہاتھوں پر اشوتھ (پیپل) کے سات پتے باندھ دیں۔

Word by Word
लक्षयेयुःthey should mark/indicate
लक्षयेयुः:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootलक्ष् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
कृत(the sign) kṛta
कृत:
Sambandha (List member/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘made/formed’)
Formसमासपूर्वपद (in compound)
आदीनिand others etc.
आदीनि:
Sambandha (Etc./सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासान्त-प्रयोग; ‘etc.’ (in compound)
कृतादीनिkṛta and other (marks)
कृतादीनि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (kṛta etc. signs)
हस्तयोःon the two hands
हस्तयोः:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; here षष्ठी (on/of the two hands)
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
हारिणःof the deer
हारिणः:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहरिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक-विशेषण; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)
अश्वत्थस्यof the aśvattha (fig tree)
अश्वत्थस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सप्ताश्वत्थस्यof seven aśvattha (leaves/trees)
सप्ताश्वत्थस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्त (संख्या) + अश्वत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (of seven aśvatthas / of the seven-aśvattha set)
पत्राणिleaves
पत्राणि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
बध्नीयुःthey should tie/bind
बध्नीयुः:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootबन्ध् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
करयोःon the two hands
करयोः:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; here षष्ठी (of/on the two hands)
ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formदेश/काल-निर्देशक-अव्यय (thereupon/then)
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Witnesses closely inspect the accused/participant’s palms; attendants tie seven fresh aśvattha leaves to each hand with thread; the ritual space and deity remain in view.

Characters & Entities
A
Aśvattha (sacred fig)

FAQs

Sacred natural symbols (aśvattha leaves) and careful observation are used to support a dhārmic process of purification and discernment.

No tīrtha is identified in this verse; the focus is on the ritual materials and procedure.

Inspect the person’s hand-signs/lines and bind seven aśvattha leaves onto his hands.

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