Padma Purana [sanskrit]

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The Padma-purana verse 5.79.5 (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 5 contained in chapter 79 of book 5 (पातालखण्ड, pātālakhaṇḍa).

Verse 5.79.5

गोष्पदेन च चिह्नेन जनुस्तेन समाप्यते ।
आदौ शिलां परीक्षेत स्निग्धां श्रेष्ठां च मेचकाम् ॥ ५ ॥

goṣpadena ca cihnena janustena samāpyate |
ādau śilāṃ parīkṣeta snigdhāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ ca mecakām || 5 ||

The English translation of Padma Purana Verse 5.79.5 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 (5.79.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Goshpada, Cihna, Janu, Janus, Tad, Tena, Samapya, Yushmad, Adau, Ada, Adi, Shila, Pariksha, Parikshi, Ita, Snigdha, Shreshtha, Mecaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma Purana Verse 5.79.5). 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: “goṣpadena ca cihnena janustena samāpyate
  • goṣpadena -
  • goṣpada (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    goṣpada (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cihnena -
  • cihna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • janus -
  • janus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    janu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tena -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • samāpya -
  • samāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “ādau śilāṃ parīkṣeta snigdhāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ ca mecakām
  • ādau -
  • ādau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ādi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • śilām -
  • śilā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • parīkṣe -
  • parīkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    parīkṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    parīkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    parīkṣi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    parīkṣi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • snigdhām -
  • snigdhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    snih -> snigdhā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √snih class 1 verb], [accusative single from √snih class 4 verb]
  • śreṣṭhām -
  • śreṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mecakām -
  • mecakā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Verse 5.79.5

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 5.79.5 in Bengali sript:
গোষ্পদেন চ চিহ্নেন জনুস্তেন সমাপ্যতে ।
আদৌ শিলাং পরীক্ষেত স্নিগ্ধাং শ্রেষ্ঠাং চ মেচকাম্ ॥ ৫ ॥

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 5.79.5 in Gujarati sript:
ગોષ્પદેન ચ ચિહ્નેન જનુસ્તેન સમાપ્યતે ।
આદૌ શિલાં પરીક્ષેત સ્નિગ્ધાં શ્રેષ્ઠાં ચ મેચકામ્ ॥ ૫ ॥

Cover of edition (2013)

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

[ಪದ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣಂ]

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Preview of verse 5.79.5 in Kannada sript:
ಗೋಷ್ಪದೇನ ಚ ಚಿಹ್ನೇನ ಜನುಸ್ತೇನ ಸಮಾಪ್ಯತೇ ।
ಆದೌ ಶಿಲಾಂ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೇತ ಸ್ನಿಗ್ಧಾಂ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠಾಂ ಚ ಮೇಚಕಾಮ್ ॥ ೫ ॥

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