Padma Purana [sanskrit]

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The Padma-purana verse 6.225.15 (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 15 contained in chapter 225 of book 6 (उत्तरखण्ड, uttarakhaṇḍa).

Verse 6.225.15

विप्राणामूर्द्ध्वपुंड्रं स्यात्तिलकं तु महीभृतः ।
पट्टाकारं तु वैश्यानां शूद्राणां वै त्रिपुंड्रकम् ॥ १५ ॥

viprāṇāmūrddhvapuṃḍraṃ syāttilakaṃ tu mahībhṛtaḥ |
paṭṭākāraṃ tu vaiśyānāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ vai tripuṃḍrakam || 15 ||

The English translation of Padma Purana Verse 6.225.15 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 (6.225.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Syat, Sya, Tilaka, Mahibhrit, Mahibhrita, Patta, Akara, Vaishya, Shudra, Tripundraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma Purana Verse 6.225.15). 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: “viprāṇāmūrddhvapuṃḍraṃ syāttilakaṃ tu mahībhṛtaḥ
  • Cannot analyse viprāṇāmūrddhvapuṇḍram*sy
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • tilakam -
  • tilaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tilakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • mahībhṛtaḥ -
  • mahībhṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    mahībhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “paṭṭākāraṃ tu vaiśyānāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ vai tripuṃḍrakam
  • paṭṭā -
  • paṭṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paṭ -> paṭṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √paṭ class 1 verb]
    paṭ -> paṭṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √paṭ class 1 verb]
    paṭ -> paṭṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √paṭ class 1 verb]
  • akāram -
  • akāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • vaiśyānām -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vaiśyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • śūdrāṇām -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    śūdrā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • tripuṇḍrakam -
  • tripuṇḍraka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Verse 6.225.15

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 6.225.15 in Bengali sript:
বিপ্রাণামূর্দ্ধ্বপুংড্রং স্যাত্তিলকং তু মহীভৃতঃ ।
পট্টাকারং তু বৈশ্যানাং শূদ্রাণাং বৈ ত্রিপুংড্রকম্ ॥ ১৫ ॥

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 6.225.15 in Gujarati sript:
વિપ્રાણામૂર્દ્ધ્વપુંડ્રં સ્યાત્તિલકં તુ મહીભૃતઃ ।
પટ્ટાકારં તુ વૈશ્યાનાં શૂદ્રાણાં વૈ ત્રિપુંડ્રકમ્ ॥ ૧૫ ॥

Cover of edition (2013)

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

[ಪದ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣಂ]

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Preview of verse 6.225.15 in Kannada sript:
ವಿಪ್ರಾಣಾಮೂರ್ದ್ಧ್ವಪುಂಡ್ರಂ ಸ್ಯಾತ್ತಿಲಕಂ ತು ಮಹೀಭೃತಃ ।
ಪಟ್ಟಾಕಾರಂ ತು ವೈಶ್ಯಾನಾಂ ಶೂದ್ರಾಣಾಂ ವೈ ತ್ರಿಪುಂಡ್ರಕಮ್ ॥ ೧೫ ॥

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