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 3.4.20.24

विश्वेदेवस्स पुरुषश्शक्तिजो बहुधाभवत् ।
ब्रह्मा विष्णुर्हरश्चैव देवाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः ।
अतो भगवती पूज्या तर्हि तत्पूजनेन किम् ॥ २४ ॥

viśvedevassa puruṣaśśaktijo bahudhābhavat |
brahmā viṣṇurharaścaiva devāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ |
ato bhagavatī pūjyā tarhi tatpūjanena kim || 24 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.4.20.24 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 (3.4.20.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishvedevri, Vishvedeva, Purusha, Shaktija, Bahudha, Brahma, Vishnu, Hara, Haras, Deva, Prakrit, Sambhava, Atah, Bhagavat, Bhagavati, Pujya, Tarhi, Tat, Tad, Pujana, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.4.20.24). 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: “viśvedevassa puruṣaśśaktijo bahudhābhavat
  • viśvedevas -
  • viśvedevṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    viśvedeva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • puruṣaś -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śaktijo* -
  • śaktija (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bahudhā -
  • bahudhā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • abhavat -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “brahmā viṣṇurharaścaiva devāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ
  • brahmā* -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brahmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • viṣṇur -
  • viṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    viṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • haraś -
  • haras (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    hara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • devāḥ -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prakṛti -
  • prakṛti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    prakṛt (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prakṛt (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    prakṛt (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sambhavāḥ -
  • sambhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sambhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 3: “ato bhagavatī pūjyā tarhi tatpūjanena kim
  • ato* -
  • ataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhagavatī -
  • bhagavatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    bhagavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pūjyā -
  • pūjyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pūj -> pūjyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
  • tarhi -
  • tarhi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tarhi (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tarhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pūjanena -
  • pūjana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]

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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 3.4.20.24

Cover of edition (2023)

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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