Padma Purana [sanskrit]

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The Padma-purana verse 2.56.2 (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 2 contained in chapter 56 of book 2 (भूमिखण्ड, bhūmikhaṇḍa).

Verse 2.56.2

पश्य धर्म महाप्राज्ञ मन्मथस्य विचेष्टितम् ।
तवार्थमात्मनश्चैव पुण्यस्यापि महात्मनः ॥ २ ॥

paśya dharma mahāprājña manmathasya viceṣṭitam |
tavārthamātmanaścaiva puṇyasyāpi mahātmanaḥ || 2 ||

The English translation of Padma Purana Verse 2.56.2 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 (2.56.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pashya, Dharma, Dharman, Mahaprajna, Manmatha, Viceshtita, Yushmad, Artha, Atman, Punya, Api, Mahatman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma Purana Verse 2.56.2). 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: “paśya dharma mahāprājña manmathasya viceṣṭitam
  • paśya -
  • paśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
  • dharma -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • mahāprājña -
  • mahāprājña (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahāprājña (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • manmathasya -
  • manmatha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • viceṣṭitam -
  • viceṣṭita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    viceṣṭita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    viceṣṭitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “tavārthamātmanaścaiva puṇyasyāpi mahātmanaḥ
  • tavā -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ātmanaś -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive 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]
  • puṇyasyā -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [genitive single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [genitive single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • mahātmanaḥ -
  • mahātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    mahātman (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Verse 2.56.2

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 2.56.2 in Bengali sript:
পশ্য ধর্ম মহাপ্রাজ্ঞ মন্মথস্য বিচেষ্টিতম্ ।
তবার্থমাত্মনশ্চৈব পুণ্যস্যাপি মহাত্মনঃ ॥ ২ ॥

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 2.56.2 in Gujarati sript:
પશ્ય ધર્મ મહાપ્રાજ્ઞ મન્મથસ્ય વિચેષ્ટિતમ્ ।
તવાર્થમાત્મનશ્ચૈવ પુણ્યસ્યાપિ મહાત્મનઃ ॥ ૨ ॥

Cover of edition (2013)

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

[ಪದ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣಂ]

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Preview of verse 2.56.2 in Kannada sript:
ಪಶ್ಯ ಧರ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಾಜ್ಞ ಮನ್ಮಥಸ್ಯ ವಿಚೇಷ್ಟಿತಮ್ ।
ತವಾರ್ಥಮಾತ್ಮನಶ್ಚೈವ ಪುಣ್ಯಸ್ಯಾಪಿ ಮಹಾತ್ಮನಃ ॥ ೨ ॥

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