Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 1.3.18 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Shivapurana is a one of the eighteen Major Puranas detailing religious worship of Shiva, also known as Shaivism. The book contains 24,000 verses although it is said to be an abridged form and originally consisted of 100,000 verses. This is verse 18 contained in chapter 3 of book 1 (विश्वेश्वरसंहिता, viśveśvarasaṃhitā).

Verse 1.3.18

ब्रह्मोवाच ।
साध्यं शिवपदप्राप्तिः साधनं तस्य सेवनम् ।
साधकस्तत्प्रसादाद्योऽनित्यादिफलनिःस्पृहः ॥ १८ ॥

brahmovāca |
sādhyaṃ śivapadaprāptiḥ sādhanaṃ tasya sevanam |
sādhakastatprasādādyo'nityādiphalaniḥspṛhaḥ || 18 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 1.3.18 is contained in the book Shri Shiva Maha Purana - Moolmatram by Gita Press, Gorakhpur. 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 (1.3.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahma, Brahman, Sadhya, Shivapada, Prapti, Sadhana, Tad, Sevana, Sadhaka, Tat, Prasadat, Prasada, Yah, Anitya, Phalat, Spriha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 1.3.18). 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: “brahmovāca
  • brahmo -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second 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: “sādhyaṃ śivapadaprāptiḥ sādhanaṃ tasya sevanam
  • sādhyam -
  • sādhya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sādhya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sādhyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sidh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √sidh]
    sādh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 5 verb]
    sādh -> sādhya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [nominative single from √sādh class 5 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 5 verb]
    sidh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sidh], [accusative single from √sidh]
  • śivapada -
  • śivapada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāptiḥ -
  • prāpti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sādhanam -
  • sādhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sādhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sādhanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sevanam -
  • sevana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sevanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 3: “sādhakastatprasādādyo'nityādiphalaniḥspṛhaḥ
  • sādhakas -
  • sādhaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prasādād -
  • prasādāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    prasāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yo' -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • anityā -
  • anitya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anitya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • phalan -
  • phal -> phalat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √phal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √phal class 1 verb]
  • iḥ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • spṛhaḥ -
  • spṛha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 1.3.18

Cover of edition (2019)

The Siva Purana (Three Volumes)
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2019)

An Exhaustive Introduction, Sanskrit Text, English Translation with Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2019)

Shri Shiva Purana (Set of 2 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)

Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Shiva Purana (Gujarati)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2013)

[સંક્ષિપ્ત શિવપુરાણ] — Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (9788129301840)

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Preview of verse 1.3.18 in Gujarati sript:
બ્રહ્મોવાચ ।
સાધ્યં શિવપદપ્રાપ્તિઃ સાધનં તસ્ય સેવનમ્ ।
સાધકસ્તત્પ્રસાદાદ્યોઽનિત્યાદિફલનિઃસ્પૃહઃ ॥ ૧૮ ॥

Cover of edition (0)

Shiva Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)

[ಶಿವಪುರಾಣ] Set of 9 Volumes

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Preview of verse 1.3.18 in Kannada sript:
ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೋವಾಚ ।
ಸಾಧ್ಯಂ ಶಿವಪದಪ್ರಾಪ್ತಿಃ ಸಾಧನಂ ತಸ್ಯ ಸೇವನಮ್ ।
ಸಾಧಕಸ್ತತ್ಪ್ರಸಾದಾದ್ಯೋಽನಿತ್ಯಾದಿಫಲನಿಃಸ್ಪೃಹಃ ॥ ೧೮ ॥

Cover of edition (2004)

Shiva Purana (Malayalam)
by Swami Advaitanandapuri (2004)

[ശിവ പുരണ] published by Aarshasri Publications & Co.

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Preview of verse 1.3.18 in Malayalam sript:
ബ്രഹ്മോവാച ।
സാധ്യം ശിവപദപ്രാപ്തിഃ സാധനം തസ്യ സേവനമ് ।
സാധകസ്തത്പ്രസാദാദ്യോഽനിത്യാദിഫലനിഃസ്പൃഹഃ ॥ ൧൮ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Shiva Purana (Telugu)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2019)

[శ్రీ శివమఃపురాణము] or [శ్రీ శివ మహా పురాణం]; Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur.

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Preview of verse 1.3.18 in Telugu sript:
బ్రహ్మోవాచ ।
సాధ్యం శివపదప్రాప్తిః సాధనం తస్య సేవనమ్ ।
సాధకస్తత్ప్రసాదాద్యోఽనిత్యాదిఫలనిఃస్పృహః ॥ ౧౮ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

Shiva Purana (Bengali)
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 1.3.18 in Bengali sript:
ব্রহ্মোবাচ ।
সাধ্যং শিবপদপ্রাপ্তিঃ সাধনং তস্য সেবনম্ ।
সাধকস্তত্প্রসাদাদ্যোঽনিত্যাদিফলনিঃস্পৃহঃ ॥ ১৮ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

Shiva Purana (Tamil)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2016)

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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