Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 8.16.44 (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 44 contained in chapter 16 of book 4 (कोटिरुद्रसंहिता, koṭirudrasaṃhitā).

Verse 8.16.44

ब्राह्मणांश्च समाश्वास्य सुप्रसन्नश्शिवस्स्वयम् ।
वरं ब्रूतेति चोवाच महाकालो महेश्वरः ॥ ४४ ॥

brāhmaṇāṃśca samāśvāsya suprasannaśśivassvayam |
varaṃ brūteti covāca mahākālo maheśvaraḥ || 44 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 8.16.44 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 (8.16.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Samashvasya, Suprasanna, Shiva, Svayam, Varam, Vara, Iti, Mahakala, Maheshvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 8.16.44). 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: “brāhmaṇāṃśca samāśvāsya suprasannaśśivassvayam
  • brāhmaṇāṃś -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samāśvāsya -
  • samāśvāsya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samāśvāsya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • suprasannaś -
  • suprasanna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śivas -
  • śiva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “varaṃ brūteti covāca mahākālo maheśvaraḥ
  • varam -
  • varam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    vara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    varā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • brūte -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [present middle third single], [imperative active second plural]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [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]
  • mahākālo* -
  • mahākāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • maheśvaraḥ -
  • maheśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 8.16.44

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 8.16.44 in Gujarati sript:
બ્રાહ્મણાંશ્ચ સમાશ્વાસ્ય સુપ્રસન્નશ્શિવસ્સ્વયમ્ ।
વરં બ્રૂતેતિ ચોવાચ મહાકાલો મહેશ્વરઃ ॥ ૪૪ ॥

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 8.16.44 in Kannada sript:
ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಾಂಶ್ಚ ಸಮಾಶ್ವಾಸ್ಯ ಸುಪ್ರಸನ್ನಶ್ಶಿವಸ್ಸ್ವಯಮ್ ।
ವರಂ ಬ್ರೂತೇತಿ ಚೋವಾಚ ಮಹಾಕಾಲೋ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರಃ ॥ ೪೪ ॥

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 8.16.44 in Malayalam sript:
ബ്രാഹ്മണാംശ്ച സമാശ്വാസ്യ സുപ്രസന്നശ്ശിവസ്സ്വയമ് ।
വരം ബ്രൂതേതി ചോവാച മഹാകാലോ മഹേശ്വരഃ ॥ ൪൪ ॥

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 8.16.44 in Telugu sript:
బ్రాహ్మణాంశ్చ సమాశ్వాస్య సుప్రసన్నశ్శివస్స్వయమ్ ।
వరం బ్రూతేతి చోవాచ మహాకాలో మహేశ్వరః ॥ ౪౪ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 8.16.44 in Bengali sript:
ব্রাহ্মণাংশ্চ সমাশ্বাস্য সুপ্রসন্নশ্শিবস্স্বযম্ ।
বরং ব্রূতেতি চোবাচ মহাকালো মহেশ্বরঃ ॥ ৪৪ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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