Purushottama-samhita [sanskrit]

15,643 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Purushottama-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. Topics include the construction of temples, architecture, iconography, festivals (celebrations of deities and their exploits). Alternative titles: Puruṣottamasaṃhitā (पुरुषोत्तमसंहिता), Purushottamasamhita, Purusottamasamhita, Purusottama, Puruṣottama-saṃhitā (पुरुषोत्तम-संहिता), Śrīpuruṣottamasaṃhitā (श्रीपुरुषोत्तमसंहिता), Shripurushottamasamhita, Shripurushottama Sripurusottamasamhita, Sripurusottama.

Verse 3.20

स कुल स्तस्य वैकर्ता विष्णुलोके महीयते ।
स एवपुण्यवान् न्पूज्य इहलोकेपरत्रच. ॥ 20 ॥

sa kula stasya vaikartā viṣṇuloke mahīyate |
sa evapuṇyavān npūjya ihalokeparatraca. || 20 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 3.20 is contained in the book The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction) by Swami Harshananda. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

Buy now! English translation by Swami Harshananda (2002)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kula, Sya, Vaikarta, Vishnuloka, Mahi, Mah, Mahin, Iyat, Iyata, Sah, Eva, Punyavat, Ihaloka, Paratra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 3.20). 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: “sa kula stasya vaikartā viṣṇuloke mahīyate
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kula -
  • kula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kula (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sta -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • sya -
  • sya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vaikartā* -
  • vaikarta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • viṣṇuloke -
  • viṣṇuloka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • mahī -
  • mahi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    mahī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    mahi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mahi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    mahi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mahin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    mahin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    mah (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • iyate -
  • iyat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    iyat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    iyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present middle third plural]
  • Line 2: “sa evapuṇyavān npūjya ihalokeparatraca.
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • puṇyavān -
  • puṇyavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse npūjya*ih
  • ihaloke -
  • ihaloka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • paratra -
  • paratra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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