Agni Purana [sanskrit]

97,288 words

This Sanskrit edition of the Agnipurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. It contains either 382 or 383 chapters and over 10.000 verses (Sanskrit Shlokas).

Verse 16.2

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रक्ष रक्षेति शरणं वदन्तो जग्मुरीश्वरम् ।
मायामोहस्वरूपोसौ शुद्धोदनसुतोऽभवत् ॥ २ ॥

rakṣa rakṣeti śaraṇaṃ vadanto jagmurīśvaram |
māyāmohasvarūposau śuddhodanasuto'bhavat || 2 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 16.2 is contained in the book The Agni Puranam (Anandashram Edition) by Shri Chimna Apate (श्री चिमणा आपटे). This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
Read online Buy now! The Sanskrit text by Shri Chimna Apate (श्री चिमणा आपटे) (1987)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (16.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raksha, Iti, Sharana, Vadat, Ishvara, Mayamoha, Svarupa, Shuddhodanasuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 16.2). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “rakṣa rakṣeti śaraṇaṃ vadanto jagmurīśvaram ”
rakṣa -
rakṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rakṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rakṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
rakṣe -
rakṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

rakṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

rakṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√rakṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
śaraṇam -
śaraṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śaraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vadanto* -
√vad -> vadat (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vad class 1 verb]
jagmur -
√gam (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√gam (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]

√gam (verb class 3)

[perfect active third plural]
īśvaram -
īśvara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

īśvara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

īśvarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “māyāmohasvarūposau śuddhodanasuto'bhavat ”
māyāmoha -
māyāmoha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
svarūpo -
svarūpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svarūpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svarūpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
usau -
śuddhodanasuto' -
śuddhodanasuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
abhavat -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 16.2

Agni Purana with Hindi Translation
by Tarinish Jha and Dr. Ghanshayam Tripathi (तारिणीश् झा और डॉ. घनश्याम त्रिपाठी) (2007)

Publisher: Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad; 1199 pages; Title: अग्निपुराणम् (संस्कृत एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद);

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Agni Purana (Two Volumes)
by M. N. Dutt (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Editor: K. L. Joshi.; ISBN-10: 8171101690; ISBN-13: 9788171101696; 1070 pages.

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Agni-Purana (Set of 4 Volumes)
by N. Gangadharan (2006)

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; ISBN: Part I 8120803590 (9788120803596); Part II 8120803604 (‎9788120803602); Part III 8120801741 (9788120801745); Part IV 812080306X (9788120803060); 1271 pages.

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