Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

विलयं नय पापानि पिप्पल त्वं हरिप्रिय । मंत्रेणानेन ये देवाः पूजयिष्यंति पिप्पलम्

Transliteration

vilayaṃ naya pāpāni pippala tvaṃ haripriya | maṃtreṇānena ye devāḥ pūjayiṣyaṃti pippalam

Translation

“اے پِپّل! جو ہری کا پیارا ہے، میرے گناہوں کو فنا کی طرف لے جا۔” جو بھکت اس منتر کے ساتھ پِپّل کی پوجا کریں گے—

Word by Word

• विलयम्: dissolution/destruction
• विलयम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नय: lead/bring
• नय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पिप्पल: O Pippala (tree)
• पिप्पल: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हरिप्रिय: O beloved of Hari
• हरिप्रिय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक); components: हरि(हरि) + प्रिय(प्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (हरेः प्रियः)

• मन्त्रेण: by (this) mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (करण/Instrument—modifier of मन्त्रेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता/Apposition to ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) णिजन्त (पूजय-)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative/denominative usage)

• पिप्पलम्: the pippala tree
• पिप्पलम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; mantra instruction within narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pippala (Hari-priya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with folded hands recites a mantra to the pippala; the words appear as a luminous garland encircling the trunk; dark stains symbolizing sins dissolve into the earth.

Characters & Entities

• Pippala
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred speech (mantra) sanctifies worship; addressing the pippala as Hari’s beloved frames the tree as a Viṣṇu-associated conduit of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The pippala itself is presented as a sacred focus of worship within the tīrtha-māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A specific prayer-mantra is supplied for pippala-pūjā: “vilayaṃ naya pāpāni… haripriya.”