Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 1.17.43 (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 43 contained in chapter 17 of book 1 (विश्वेश्वरसंहिता, viśveśvarasaṃhitā).

Verse 1.17.43

वरयेच्च सपत्नीकाञ्छैवान्वै ब्राह्मणोत्तमान् ।
एकं गुरुवरं शिष्टं वरयेत्सांबमूर्तिकम् ॥ ४३ ॥

varayecca sapatnīkāñchaivānvai brāhmaṇottamān |
ekaṃ guruvaraṃ śiṣṭaṃ varayetsāṃbamūrtikam || 43 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 1.17.43 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 (1.17.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sapatnika, Shaiva, Brahmanottama, Eka, Guruvara, Shishta, Sambamurti, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 1.17.43). 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: “varayecca sapatnīkāñchaivānvai brāhmaṇottamān
  • varayec -
  • vṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sapatnīkāñch -
  • sapatnīka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • śaivān -
  • śaiva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • brāhmaṇottamān -
  • brāhmaṇottama (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “ekaṃ guruvaraṃ śiṣṭaṃ varayetsāṃbamūrtikam
  • ekam -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    eka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • guruvaram -
  • guruvara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    guruvara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śiṣṭam -
  • śiṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śiṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śiṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śās -> śiṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śās class 2 verb]
    śās -> śiṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śās class 2 verb], [accusative single from √śās class 2 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [accusative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb]
    śās (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • varayet -
  • vṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • sāmbamūrti -
  • sāmbamūrti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sāmbamūrti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sāmbamūrti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 1.17.43

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 1.17.43 in Gujarati sript:
વરયેચ્ચ સપત્નીકાઞ્છૈવાન્વૈ બ્રાહ્મણોત્તમાન્ ।
એકં ગુરુવરં શિષ્ટં વરયેત્સાંબમૂર્તિકમ્ ॥ ૪૩ ॥

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 1.17.43 in Kannada sript:
ವರಯೇಚ್ಚ ಸಪತ್ನೀಕಾಞ್ಛೈವಾನ್ವೈ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣೋತ್ತಮಾನ್ ।
ಏಕಂ ಗುರುವರಂ ಶಿಷ್ಟಂ ವರಯೇತ್ಸಾಂಬಮೂರ್ತಿಕಮ್ ॥ ೪೩ ॥

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 1.17.43 in Malayalam sript:
വരയേച്ച സപത്നീകാഞ്ഛൈവാന്വൈ ബ്രാഹ്മണോത്തമാന് ।
ഏകം ഗുരുവരം ശിഷ്ടം വരയേത്സാംബമൂര്തികമ് ॥ ൪൩ ॥

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 1.17.43 in Telugu sript:
వరయేచ్చ సపత్నీకాఞ్ఛైవాన్వై బ్రాహ్మణోత్తమాన్ ।
ఏకం గురువరం శిష్టం వరయేత్సాంబమూర్తికమ్ ॥ ౪౩ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 1.17.43 in Bengali sript:
বরযেচ্চ সপত্নীকাঞ্ছৈবান্বৈ ব্রাহ্মণোত্তমান্ ।
একং গুরুবরং শিষ্টং বরযেত্সাংবমূর্তিকম্ ॥ ৪৩ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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