Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 1.16.42 (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 42 contained in chapter 16 of book 1 (विश्वेश्वरसंहिता, viśveśvarasaṃhitā).

Verse 1.16.42

आर्द्रायां च महार्द्रायां शिवपूजा विशिष्यते ।
माघकृष्णचतुर्दश्यां सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदा ॥ ४२ ॥

ārdrāyāṃ ca mahārdrāyāṃ śivapūjā viśiṣyate |
māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradā || 42 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 1.16.42 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 (1.16.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ardra, Mah, Maha, Shivapuja, Vishishya, Tad, Yushmad, Magha, Krishnacaturdashi, Saru, Sarva, Abhishta, Phalaprada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 1.16.42). 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: “ārdrāyāṃ ca mahārdrāyāṃ śivapūjā viśiṣyate
  • ārdrāyām -
  • ārdrā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahā -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    maha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mah (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    mahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ārdrāyām -
  • ārdrā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • śivapūjā* -
  • śivapūjā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • viśiṣya -
  • viśiṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśiṣya (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: “māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradā
  • māgha -
  • māgha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    māgha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṛṣṇacaturdaśyām -
  • kṛṣṇacaturdaśī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • sarvā -
  • sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhīṣṭa -
  • abhīṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    abhīṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • phalapradā -
  • phalapradā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 1.16.42

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

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

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Preview of verse 1.16.42 in Gujarati sript:
આર્દ્રાયાં ચ મહાર્દ્રાયાં શિવપૂજા વિશિષ્યતે ।
માઘકૃષ્ણચતુર્દશ્યાં સર્વાભીષ્ટફલપ્રદા ॥ ૪૨ ॥

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 1.16.42 in Kannada sript:
ಆರ್ದ್ರಾಯಾಂ ಚ ಮಹಾರ್ದ್ರಾಯಾಂ ಶಿವಪೂಜಾ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಯತೇ ।
ಮಾಘಕೃಷ್ಣಚತುರ್ದಶ್ಯಾಂ ಸರ್ವಾಭೀಷ್ಟಫಲಪ್ರದಾ ॥ ೪೨ ॥

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 1.16.42 in Malayalam sript:
ആര്ദ്രായാം ച മഹാര്ദ്രായാം ശിവപൂജാ വിശിഷ്യതേ ।
മാഘകൃഷ്ണചതുര്ദശ്യാം സര്വാഭീഷ്ടഫലപ്രദാ ॥ ൪൨ ॥

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 1.16.42 in Telugu sript:
ఆర్ద్రాయాం చ మహార్ద్రాయాం శివపూజా విశిష్యతే ।
మాఘకృష్ణచతుర్దశ్యాం సర్వాభీష్టఫలప్రదా ॥ ౪౨ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 1.16.42 in Bengali sript:
আর্দ্রাযাং চ মহার্দ্রাযাং শিবপূজা বিশিষ্যতে ।
মাঘকৃষ্ণচতুর্দশ্যাং সর্বাভীষ্টফলপ্রদা ॥ ৪২ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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