Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 1.18.21 (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 21 contained in chapter 18 of book 1 (विश्वेश्वरसंहिता, viśveśvarasaṃhitā).

Verse 1.18.21

बुद्धिस्तु कार्यं प्रकृतेस्तत्सृष्टिरिति कथ्यते ।
पुनर्महाप्रसादेन प्रकृतिर्वशमेष्यति ॥ २१ ॥

buddhistu kāryaṃ prakṛtestatsṛṣṭiriti kathyate |
punarmahāprasādena prakṛtirvaśameṣyati || 21 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 1.18.21 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 (1.18.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Buddhi, Karya, Prakriti, Tat, Tad, Srishti, Iti, Punar, Mahaprasada, Vasha, Eshyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 1.18.21). 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: “buddhistu kāryaṃ prakṛtestatsṛṣṭiriti kathyate
  • buddhis -
  • buddhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kāryam -
  • kārya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kārya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāryā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ], [accusative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
  • prakṛtes -
  • prakṛti (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sṛṣṭir -
  • sṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sṛṣṭi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kathyate -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “punarmahāprasādena prakṛtirvaśameṣyati
  • punar -
  • punar (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    punar (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mahāprasādena -
  • mahāprasāda (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    mahāprasāda (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • prakṛtir -
  • prakṛti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • vaśam -
  • vaśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vaśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vaśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • eṣyati -
  • eṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    eṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    i -> eṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> eṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [future active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 1.18.21

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 1.18.21 in Gujarati sript:
બુદ્ધિસ્તુ કાર્યં પ્રકૃતેસ્તત્સૃષ્ટિરિતિ કથ્યતે ।
પુનર્મહાપ્રસાદેન પ્રકૃતિર્વશમેષ્યતિ ॥ ૨૧ ॥

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 1.18.21 in Kannada sript:
ಬುದ್ಧಿಸ್ತು ಕಾರ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರಕೃತೇಸ್ತತ್ಸೃಷ್ಟಿರಿತಿ ಕಥ್ಯತೇ ।
ಪುನರ್ಮಹಾಪ್ರಸಾದೇನ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿರ್ವಶಮೇಷ್ಯತಿ ॥ ೨೧ ॥

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 1.18.21 in Malayalam sript:
ബുദ്ധിസ്തു കാര്യം പ്രകൃതേസ്തത്സൃഷ്ടിരിതി കഥ്യതേ ।
പുനര്മഹാപ്രസാദേന പ്രകൃതിര്വശമേഷ്യതി ॥ ൨൧ ॥

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 1.18.21 in Telugu sript:
బుద్ధిస్తు కార్యం ప్రకృతేస్తత్సృష్టిరితి కథ్యతే ।
పునర్మహాప్రసాదేన ప్రకృతిర్వశమేష్యతి ॥ ౨౧ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 1.18.21 in Bengali sript:
বুদ্ধিস্তু কার্যং প্রকৃতেস্তত্সৃষ্টিরিতি কথ্যতে ।
পুনর্মহাপ্রসাদেন প্রকৃতির্বশমেষ্যতি ॥ ২১ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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