Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]

245,265 words

This Sanskrit edition of the Bhavishya Purana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The Bhavishyapurana contains 4 books and over 26,000 Sanskrit verses. It is famous for detailing the history and legends of ancient times as well as future times, narrating the genealogy of the kings and sages. The last part is considered an independent work known as the Bhavishyottara-Purana.

Verse 1.54.1

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रुद्र उवाच ।
अहो हंसस्य माहात्म्यं वर्णितं भवतेदृशम् ।
कथ्यतां पुनरेवेदं माहात्म्यं भास्करस्य तु ॥ १ ॥

rudra uvāca |
aho haṃsasya māhātmyaṃ varṇitaṃ bhavatedṛśam |
kathyatāṃ punarevedaṃ māhātmyaṃ bhāskarasya tu || 1 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.54.1 is contained in the book Bhavishya Purana: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation by S. N. Khandelwal. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.54.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rudra, Ahan, Hamsa, Mahatmya, Varnita, Bhavat, Bhavant, Idrish, Idrisha, Punar, Eva, Idam, Bhaskara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.54.1). 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: “rudra uvāca ”
rudra* -
rudra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “aho haṃsasya māhātmyaṃ varṇitaṃ bhavatedṛśam ”
aho* -
ahan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ahar (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

√has (verb class 1)

[aorist active second single]
haṃsasya -
haṃsa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
māhātmyam -
māhātmya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
varṇitam -
varṇita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

varṇita (noun, neuter)

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

varṇitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√varṇ -> varṇita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √varṇ class 10 verb]

√varṇ -> varṇita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √varṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √varṇ class 10 verb]
bhavate -
bhavat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second plural]
īdṛśam -
īdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

īdṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

īdṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

īdṛś (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

īdṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 3: “kathyatāṃ punarevedaṃ māhātmyaṃ bhāskarasya tu ”
kathyatām -
√kath (verb class 10)

[imperative passive third single]
punar -
punar (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

punar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
eve -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

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

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
māhātmyam -
māhātmya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhāskarasya -
bhāskara (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

bhāskara (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.54.1

Complete Bhavisya Mahapurana (English translation)
by Shantilal Nagar (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Pages: 2496; ISBN-10: 817110729X; ISBN-13: 9788171107292

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Last Updated: 03 February, 2024