Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 8.2.31 (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 31 contained in chapter 2 of book 4 (कोटिरुद्रसंहिता, koṭirudrasaṃhitā).

Verse 8.2.31

दक्षिणस्यां दिशि तथा शिवलिंगानि यानि च ।
संजातानि मुनिश्रेष्ठ तानि ते कथयाम्यहम् ॥ ३१ ॥

dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi tathā śivaliṃgāni yāni ca |
saṃjātāni muniśreṣṭha tāni te kathayāmyaham || 31 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 8.2.31 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 (8.2.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dakshina, Dish, Tatha, Shivalinga, Yani, Yat, Sanjata, Muni, Shreshtha, Tad, Tani, Yushmad, Aha, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 8.2.31). 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: “dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi tathā śivaliṃgāni yāni ca
  • dakṣiṇasyām -
  • dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • diśi -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śivaliṅgāni -
  • śivaliṅga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yāni -
  • yānī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “saṃjātāni muniśreṣṭha tāni te kathayāmyaham
  • sañjātāni -
  • sañjāta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • muni -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    muni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    munī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • śreṣṭha -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tāni -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative 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]
  • kathayāmya -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present active first single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 8.2.31

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 8.2.31 in Gujarati sript:
દક્ષિણસ્યાં દિશિ તથા શિવલિંગાનિ યાનિ ચ ।
સંજાતાનિ મુનિશ્રેષ્ઠ તાનિ તે કથયામ્યહમ્ ॥ ૩૧ ॥

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 8.2.31 in Kannada sript:
ದಕ್ಷಿಣಸ್ಯಾಂ ದಿಶಿ ತಥಾ ಶಿವಲಿಂಗಾನಿ ಯಾನಿ ಚ ।
ಸಂಜಾತಾನಿ ಮುನಿಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ತಾನಿ ತೇ ಕಥಯಾಮ್ಯಹಮ್ ॥ ೩೧ ॥

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 8.2.31 in Malayalam sript:
ദക്ഷിണസ്യാം ദിശി തഥാ ശിവലിംഗാനി യാനി ച ।
സംജാതാനി മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠ താനി തേ കഥയാമ്യഹമ് ॥ ൩൧ ॥

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 8.2.31 in Telugu sript:
దక్షిణస్యాం దిశి తథా శివలింగాని యాని చ ।
సంజాతాని మునిశ్రేష్ఠ తాని తే కథయామ్యహమ్ ॥ ౩౧ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 8.2.31 in Bengali sript:
দক্ষিণস্যাং দিশি তথা শিবলিংগানি যানি চ ।
সংজাতানি মুনিশ্রেষ্ঠ তানি তে কথযাম্যহম্ ॥ ৩১ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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