Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 8.20.3 (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 3 contained in chapter 20 of book 4 (कोटिरुद्रसंहिता, koṭirudrasaṃhitā).

Verse 8.20.3

यदर्थमवतीर्णोसौ शंकरो लोकशंकरः ।
शृणुतादरतस्तच्च कथयामि मुनीश्वराः ॥ ३ ॥

yadarthamavatīrṇosau śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ |
śṛṇutādaratastacca kathayāmi munīśvarāḥ || 3 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 8.20.3 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 (8.20.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadartha, Avatirna, Shankara, Lokashankara, Adara, Tas, Tat, Tad, Munishvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 8.20.3). 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: “yadarthamavatīrṇosau śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ
  • yadartham -
  • yadartha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yadartha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yadarthā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • avatīrṇo -
  • avatīrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avatīrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avatīrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • usau -
  • śaṅkaro* -
  • śaṅkara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • lokaśaṅkaraḥ -
  • lokaśaṅkara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “śṛṇutādaratastacca kathayāmi munīśvarāḥ
  • śṛṇutā -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • adara -
  • adara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tas -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tac -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kathayāmi -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present active first single]
  • munīśvarāḥ -
  • munīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 8.20.3

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 8.20.3 in Gujarati sript:
યદર્થમવતીર્ણોસૌ શંકરો લોકશંકરઃ ।
શૃણુતાદરતસ્તચ્ચ કથયામિ મુનીશ્વરાઃ ॥ ૩ ॥

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 8.20.3 in Kannada sript:
ಯದರ್ಥಮವತೀರ್ಣೋಸೌ ಶಂಕರೋ ಲೋಕಶಂಕರಃ ।
ಶೃಣುತಾದರತಸ್ತಚ್ಚ ಕಥಯಾಮಿ ಮುನೀಶ್ವರಾಃ ॥ ೩ ॥

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 8.20.3 in Malayalam sript:
യദര്ഥമവതീര്ണോസൌ ശംകരോ ലോകശംകരഃ ।
ശൃണുതാദരതസ്തച്ച കഥയാമി മുനീശ്വരാഃ ॥ ൩ ॥

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 8.20.3 in Telugu sript:
యదర్థమవతీర్ణోసౌ శంకరో లోకశంకరః ।
శృణుతాదరతస్తచ్చ కథయామి మునీశ్వరాః ॥ ౩ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 8.20.3 in Bengali sript:
যদর্থমবতীর্ণোসৌ শংকরো লোকশংকরঃ ।
শৃণুতাদরতস্তচ্চ কথযামি মুনীশ্বরাঃ ॥ ৩ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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