Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 8.8.14 (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 14 contained in chapter 8 of book 4 (कोटिरुद्रसंहिता, koṭirudrasaṃhitā).

Verse 8.8.14

घोरेण तपसा लब्धं रावणाख्येन रक्षसा ।
तल्लिंगं स्थापयामास गोकर्ण गणनायकः ॥ १४ ॥

ghoreṇa tapasā labdhaṃ rāvaṇākhyena rakṣasā |
talliṃgaṃ sthāpayāmāsa gokarṇa gaṇanāyakaḥ || 14 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 8.8.14 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 (8.8.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ghora, Tapasa, Labdha, Ravana, Akhya, Rakshas, Rakshasa, Tat, Tad, Linga, Gokarna, Gananayaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 8.8.14). 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: “ghoreṇa tapasā labdhaṃ rāvaṇākhyena rakṣasā
  • ghoreṇa -
  • ghora (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ghora (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tapasā* -
  • tapasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • labdham -
  • labdha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    labdha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    labdhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    labh -> labdha (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labdha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √labh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √labh class 1 verb]
  • rāvaṇā -
  • rāvaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rāvaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rāvaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ākhyena -
  • ākhya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ākhya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • rakṣasā -
  • rakṣas (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rakṣas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    rakṣasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “talliṃgaṃ sthāpayāmāsa gokarṇa gaṇanāyakaḥ
  • tal -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • liṅgam -
  • liṅga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    liṅgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sthāpayāmā -
  • sthā (verb class 0)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • asa -
  • asan (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
  • gokarṇa -
  • gokarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gokarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gaṇanāyakaḥ -
  • gaṇanāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 8.8.14

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 8.8.14 in Gujarati sript:
ઘોરેણ તપસા લબ્ધં રાવણાખ્યેન રક્ષસા ।
તલ્લિંગં સ્થાપયામાસ ગોકર્ણ ગણનાયકઃ ॥ ૧૪ ॥

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 8.8.14 in Kannada sript:
ಘೋರೇಣ ತಪಸಾ ಲಬ್ಧಂ ರಾವಣಾಖ್ಯೇನ ರಕ್ಷಸಾ ।
ತಲ್ಲಿಂಗಂ ಸ್ಥಾಪಯಾಮಾಸ ಗೋಕರ್ಣ ಗಣನಾಯಕಃ ॥ ೧೪ ॥

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 8.8.14 in Malayalam sript:
ഘോരേണ തപസാ ലബ്ധം രാവണാഖ്യേന രക്ഷസാ ।
തല്ലിംഗം സ്ഥാപയാമാസ ഗോകര്ണ ഗണനായകഃ ॥ ൧൪ ॥

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 8.8.14 in Telugu sript:
ఘోరేణ తపసా లబ్ధం రావణాఖ్యేన రక్షసా ।
తల్లింగం స్థాపయామాస గోకర్ణ గణనాయకః ॥ ౧౪ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 8.8.14 in Bengali sript:
ঘোরেণ তপসা লব্ধং রাবণাখ্যেন রক্ষসা ।
তল্লিংগং স্থাপযামাস গোকর্ণ গণনাযকঃ ॥ ১৪ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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