Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 2.5.11.1 (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 1 contained in chapter 11 of book 2.5 (रुद्रसंहिता (५): युद्धखण्ड, rudrasaṃhitā (5): yuddhakhaṇḍa).

Verse 2.5.11.1

व्यास उवाच ।
ब्रह्मपुत्र महाप्राज्ञ धन्यस्त्वं शैवसत्तम ।
किमकार्षुस्ततो देवा दग्धे च त्रिपुरेऽखिलाः ॥ १ ॥

vyāsa uvāca |
brahmaputra mahāprājña dhanyastvaṃ śaivasattama |
kimakārṣustato devā dagdhe ca tripure'khilāḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 2.5.11.1 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 (2.5.11.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vyasa, Brahmaputra, Mahaprajna, Dhanya, Dhani, Tva, Yushmad, Shaivasattama, Kim, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Deva, Dagdha, Tripur, Tripura, Akhila,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 2.5.11.1). 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: “vyāsa uvāca
  • vyāsa* -
  • vyāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative 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: “brahmaputra mahāprājña dhanyastvaṃ śaivasattama
  • brahmaputra -
  • brahmaputra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahāprājña -
  • mahāprājña (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahāprājña (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhanyas -
  • dhanya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dhanī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dhanī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • śaivasattama -
  • śaivasattama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śaivasattama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 3: “kimakārṣustato devā dagdhe ca tripure'khilāḥ
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • akārṣus -
  • kṛ (verb class 1)
    [aorist active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [aorist active third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [aorist active third plural]
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • devā* -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dagdhe -
  • dagdha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dagdha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dagdhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tripure' -
  • tripur (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    tripura (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tripura (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tripurā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • akhilāḥ -
  • akhila (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    akhilā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 2.5.11.1

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 2.5.11.1 in Gujarati sript:
વ્યાસ ઉવાચ ।
બ્રહ્મપુત્ર મહાપ્રાજ્ઞ ધન્યસ્ત્વં શૈવસત્તમ ।
કિમકાર્ષુસ્તતો દેવા દગ્ધે ચ ત્રિપુરેઽખિલાઃ ॥ ૧ ॥

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 2.5.11.1 in Kannada sript:
ವ್ಯಾಸ ಉವಾಚ ।
ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಪುತ್ರ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಾಜ್ಞ ಧನ್ಯಸ್ತ್ವಂ ಶೈವಸತ್ತಮ ।
ಕಿಮಕಾರ್ಷುಸ್ತತೋ ದೇವಾ ದಗ್ಧೇ ಚ ತ್ರಿಪುರೇಽಖಿಲಾಃ ॥ ೧ ॥

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 2.5.11.1 in Malayalam sript:
വ്യാസ ഉവാച ।
ബ്രഹ്മപുത്ര മഹാപ്രാജ്ഞ ധന്യസ്ത്വം ശൈവസത്തമ ।
കിമകാര്ഷുസ്തതോ ദേവാ ദഗ്ധേ ച ത്രിപുരേഽഖിലാഃ ॥ ൧ ॥

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 2.5.11.1 in Telugu sript:
వ్యాస ఉవాచ ।
బ్రహ్మపుత్ర మహాప్రాజ్ఞ ధన్యస్త్వం శైవసత్తమ ।
కిమకార్షుస్తతో దేవా దగ్ధే చ త్రిపురేఽఖిలాః ॥ ౧ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 2.5.11.1 in Bengali sript:
ব্যাস উবাচ ।
ব্রহ্মপুত্র মহাপ্রাজ্ঞ ধন্যস্ত্বং শৈবসত্তম ।
কিমকার্ষুস্ততো দেবা দগ্ধে চ ত্রিপুরেঽখিলাঃ ॥ ১ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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