Padma Purana [sanskrit]

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The Padma-purana verse 1.51.6 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Padmapurana is a one of the largest of the eighteen Major Puranas containing roughly 50,000 metrical verses. Although popular for its inclusion of the Ramayana and large sections on pilgrimage guides this is also known for its dedication to both Shiva and Vishnu. This is verse 6 contained in chapter 51 of book 1 (सृष्टिखण्ड, sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa).

Verse 1.51.6

देवानामपि साऽऽराध्या मुनीनां ब्रह्मवादिनां ।
धवस्यैकस्य या नारी लोके पूज्यतमा स्मृता ॥ ६ ॥

devānāmapi sā''rādhyā munīnāṃ brahmavādināṃ |
dhavasyaikasya yā nārī loke pūjyatamā smṛtā || 6 ||

The English translation of Padma Purana Verse 1.51.6 is contained in the book Sri Padma Purana (Sanskrit Text and Hindi Translation) by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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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 (1.51.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Deva, Api, Ara, Adhi, Muni, Brahmavadin, Dhava, Aika, Nari, Loka, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma Purana Verse 1.51.6). 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: “devānāmapi sā''rādhyā munīnāṃ brahmavādināṃ
  • devānām -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sā' -
  • arā -
  • ara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 5)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • adhyā* -
  • adhi (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    adhī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dhyā (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • munīnām -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    muni (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    munī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • brahmavādinām -
  • brahmavādin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    brahmavādin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “dhavasyaikasya nārī loke pūjyatamā smṛtā
  • dhavasyai -
  • dhava (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    dhav (verb class 1)
    [present active second single]
    dhū (verb class 1)
    [present active second single]
  • aikasya -
  • aika (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    aika (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • yā* -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nārī -
  • nārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    nāri (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • pūjyatam -
  • pūjyatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtā -
  • smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Verse 1.51.6

Cover of edition (2007)

Padma Purana (In Six Volumes)
by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office (2007)

Sanskrit Text Only

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Cover of Bengali edition

Padma Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

Set of 7 Volumes

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Preview of verse 1.51.6 in Bengali sript:
দেবানামপি সাঽঽরাধ্যা মুনীনাং ব্রহ্মবাদিনাং ।
ধবস্যৈকস্য যা নারী লোকে পূজ্যতমা স্মৃতা ॥ ৬ ॥

Cover of edition (2015)

Sri Padma Purana (Tamil)
by Azhwargal Aaivu Maiyam, Chennai (2015)

Translated by S. Jagatrakshgan

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Padma Purana in Gujarati
by Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat (0)

[પદમ પુરણ:]

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Preview of verse 1.51.6 in Gujarati sript:
દેવાનામપિ સાઽઽરાધ્યા મુનીનાં બ્રહ્મવાદિનાં ।
ધવસ્યૈકસ્ય યા નારી લોકે પૂજ્યતમા સ્મૃતા ॥ ૬ ॥

Cover of edition (2013)

Padma Mahapurana (Kannada)
by Vijeth Prakashan Gadag, Bangalore (2013)

[ಪದ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣಂ]

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Preview of verse 1.51.6 in Kannada sript:
ದೇವಾನಾಮಪಿ ಸಾಽಽರಾಧ್ಯಾ ಮುನೀನಾಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವಾದಿನಾಂ ।
ಧವಸ್ಯೈಕಸ್ಯ ಯಾ ನಾರೀ ಲೋಕೇ ಪೂಜ್ಯತಮಾ ಸ್ಮೃತಾ ॥ ೬ ॥

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