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 3.3.28.8

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अष्टादश पुराणानि केन प्रोक्तानि किं फलम् ।
ब्रूत मे विदुषां श्रेष्ठा वेदशास्त्रपरायणाः ॥ ८ ॥

aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni kena proktāni kiṃ phalam |
brūta me viduṣāṃ śreṣṭhā vedaśāstraparāyaṇāḥ || 8 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.3.28.8 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:
Buy now! Sanskrit text by S. N. Khandelwal (2022)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.3.28.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashtadasha, Ashtadashan, Purana, Kena, Kah, Kim, Prokta, Phala, Asmad, Vidusha, Vidus, Vidvas, Shreshtha, Vedashastra, Parayana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.3.28.8). 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: “aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni kena proktāni kiṃ phalam ”
aṣṭādaśa -
aṣṭādaśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṣṭādaśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṣṭādaśan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

aṣṭādaśan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
purāṇāni -
purāṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kena -
kena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
proktāni -
prokta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
phalam -
phala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

phala (noun, neuter)

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

phalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “brūta me viduṣāṃ śreṣṭhā vedaśāstraparāyaṇāḥ ”
brūta -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
viduṣām -
viduṣā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

vidus (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vidus (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

vidvas (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vidvas (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √vid class 2 verb]
śreṣṭhā* -
śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śreṣṭhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vedaśāstra -
vedaśāstra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
parāyaṇāḥ -
parāyaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

parāyaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 3.3.28.8

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