Padma Purana [sanskrit]

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The Padma-purana verse 5.1.12 (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 12 contained in chapter 1 of book 5 (पातालखण्ड, pātālakhaṇḍa).

Verse 5.1.12

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रावणारिकथा वार्द्धौ मशको मादृशः कियान् ।
यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा मोहिता न विदंत्यपि ॥ १२ ॥

rāvaṇārikathā vārddhau maśako mādṛśaḥ kiyān |
yatra brahmādayo devā mohitā na vidaṃtyapi || 12 ||

The English translation of Padma Purana Verse 5.1.12 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:
Read online Buy now! The English translation by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan (2016)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.1.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Katha, Varddha, Mashaka, Madrish, Madrisha, Kiyat, Yatra, Brahmadi, Deva, Mohita, Vidat, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma Purana Verse 5.1.12). 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: “rāvaṇārikathā vārddhau maśako mādṛśaḥ kiyān ”
rāvaṇāri -
rāvaṇāri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
kathā* -
kathā (noun, feminine)

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

katha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vārddhau -
vārddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
maśako* -
maśaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mādṛśaḥ -
mādṛś (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

mādṛś (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

mādṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kiyān -
kiyat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yatra brahmādayo devā mohitā na vidaṃtyapi ”
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
brahmādayo* -
brahmādi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

brahmādi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
devā* -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

devā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mohitā* -
mohita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mohitā (noun, feminine)

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

√muh -> mohita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √muh], [vocative plural from √muh]

√muh -> mohitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √muh], [vocative plural from √muh], [accusative plural from √muh]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidantya -
√vid -> vidat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vid class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vid class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √vid class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]