Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 1.25.11 (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 11 contained in chapter 25 of book 1 (विश्वेश्वरसंहिता, viśveśvarasaṃhitā).

Verse 1.25.11

ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्रा जाता ममाज्ञया ।
रुद्रा क्षास्ते पृथिव्यां तु तज्जातीयाः शुभाक्षकाः ॥ ११ ॥

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā jātā mamājñayā |
rudrā kṣāste pṛthivyāṃ tu tajjātīyāḥ śubhākṣakāḥ || 11 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 1.25.11 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 (1.25.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, Jata, Asmad, Mama, Ajna, Rudra, Ksha, Tad, Yushmad, Prithivi, Tajjatiya, Shubhaksha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 1.25.11). 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: “brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā jātā mamājñayā
  • brāhmaṇāḥ -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kṣatriyā* -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vaiśyāḥ -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vaiśyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śūdrā* -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śūdrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jātā* -
  • jāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 4 verb]
    jan -> jātā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 4 verb]
  • mamā -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    mamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • ajñayā -
  • ajñā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “rudrā kṣāste pṛthivyāṃ tu tajjātīyāḥ śubhākṣakāḥ
  • rudrā -
  • rudrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṣās -
  • kṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • 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]
  • pṛthivyām -
  • pṛthivi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    pṛthivī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tajjātīyāḥ -
  • tajjātīya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    tajjātīyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śubhākṣa -
  • śubhākṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāḥ -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 1.25.11

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 1.25.11 in Gujarati sript:
બ્રાહ્મણાઃ ક્ષત્રિયા વૈશ્યાઃ શૂદ્રા જાતા મમાજ્ઞયા ।
રુદ્રા ક્ષાસ્તે પૃથિવ્યાં તુ તજ્જાતીયાઃ શુભાક્ષકાઃ ॥ ૧૧ ॥

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 1.25.11 in Kannada sript:
ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಾಃ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯಾ ವೈಶ್ಯಾಃ ಶೂದ್ರಾ ಜಾತಾ ಮಮಾಜ್ಞಯಾ ।
ರುದ್ರಾ ಕ್ಷಾಸ್ತೇ ಪೃಥಿವ್ಯಾಂ ತು ತಜ್ಜಾತೀಯಾಃ ಶುಭಾಕ್ಷಕಾಃ ॥ ೧೧ ॥

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 1.25.11 in Malayalam sript:
ബ്രാഹ്മണാഃ ക്ഷത്രിയാ വൈശ്യാഃ ശൂദ്രാ ജാതാ മമാജ്ഞയാ ।
രുദ്രാ ക്ഷാസ്തേ പൃഥിവ്യാം തു തജ്ജാതീയാഃ ശുഭാക്ഷകാഃ ॥ ൧൧ ॥

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 1.25.11 in Telugu sript:
బ్రాహ్మణాః క్షత్రియా వైశ్యాః శూద్రా జాతా మమాజ్ఞయా ।
రుద్రా క్షాస్తే పృథివ్యాం తు తజ్జాతీయాః శుభాక్షకాః ॥ ౧౧ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 1.25.11 in Bengali sript:
ব্রাহ্মণাঃ ক্ষত্রিযা বৈশ্যাঃ শূদ্রা জাতা মমাজ্ঞযা ।
রুদ্রা ক্ষাস্তে পৃথিব্যাং তু তজ্জাতীযাঃ শুভাক্ষকাঃ ॥ ১১ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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