Padma Purana [sanskrit]

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The Padma-purana verse 3.31.181 (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 181 contained in chapter 31 of book 3 (स्वर्गखण्ड, svargakhaṇḍa).

Verse 3.31.181

देवदूत उवाच ।
शृणु वैश्य प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्पुण्यं च सहेतुकम् ।
पुरा मधुवने पुण्ये ऋषिरासीच्च शाकुनिः ॥ १८१ ॥

devadūta uvāca |
śṛṇu vaiśya pravakṣyāmi tatpuṇyaṃ ca sahetukam |
purā madhuvane puṇye ṛṣirāsīcca śākuniḥ || 181 ||

The English translation of Padma Purana Verse 3.31.181 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 (3.31.181). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Devaduta, Vaishya, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Tat, Tad, Punya, Sahetuka, Pura, Madhuvana, Rishi, Shakuni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma Purana Verse 3.31.181). 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: “devadūta uvāca
  • devadūta* -
  • devadūta (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: “śṛṇu vaiśya pravakṣyāmi tatpuṇyaṃ ca sahetukam
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vaiśya -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prava -
  • prava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣyā -
  • kṣi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • puṇyam -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sahetukam -
  • sahetuka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sahetuka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sahetukā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 3: “purā madhuvane puṇye ṛṣirāsīcca śākuniḥ
  • purā* -
  • pura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    purā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • madhuvane -
  • madhuvana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhuvana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • puṇye -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb], [locative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb], [vocative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ (verb class 6)
    [present passive first single]
  • ṛṣir -
  • ṛṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • āsīc -
  • ās (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śākuniḥ -
  • śākuni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Verse 3.31.181

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 3.31.181 in Bengali sript:
দেবদূত উবাচ ।
শৃণু বৈশ্য প্রবক্ষ্যামি তত্পুণ্যং চ সহেতুকম্ ।
পুরা মধুবনে পুণ্যে ঋষিরাসীচ্চ শাকুনিঃ ॥ ১৮১ ॥

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 3.31.181 in Gujarati sript:
દેવદૂત ઉવાચ ।
શૃણુ વૈશ્ય પ્રવક્ષ્યામિ તત્પુણ્યં ચ સહેતુકમ્ ।
પુરા મધુવને પુણ્યે ઋષિરાસીચ્ચ શાકુનિઃ ॥ ૧૮૧ ॥

Cover of edition (2013)

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

[ಪದ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣಂ]

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Preview of verse 3.31.181 in Kannada sript:
ದೇವದೂತ ಉವಾಚ ।
ಶೃಣು ವೈಶ್ಯ ಪ್ರವಕ್ಷ್ಯಾಮಿ ತತ್ಪುಣ್ಯಂ ಚ ಸಹೇತುಕಮ್ ।
ಪುರಾ ಮಧುವನೇ ಪುಣ್ಯೇ ಋಷಿರಾಸೀಚ್ಚ ಶಾಕುನಿಃ ॥ ೧೮೧ ॥

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