Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 8.37.16 (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 16 contained in chapter 37 of book 4 (कोटिरुद्रसंहिता, koṭirudrasaṃhitā).

Verse 8.37.16

शक्रादयो लोकपाला वसवश्च सुरास्तथा ।
महाराजिकदेवाश्च साध्याश्च शिवपूजकाः ॥ १६ ॥

śakrādayo lokapālā vasavaśca surāstathā |
mahārājikadevāśca sādhyāśca śivapūjakāḥ || 16 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 8.37.16 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 (8.37.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shakra, Aya, Ayas, Lokapala, Vasu, Vasava, Sura, Tatha, Maharajikadeva, Sadhya, Shivapujaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 8.37.16). 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: “śakrādayo lokapālā vasavaśca surāstathā
  • śakrād -
  • śakra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    śakra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ayo* -
  • ayas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    aya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • lokapālā* -
  • lokapāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    lokapālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vasavaś -
  • vasu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vasu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vasava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • surās -
  • sura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    surā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “mahārājikadevāśca sādhyāśca śivapūjakāḥ
  • mahārājikadevāś -
  • mahārājikadeva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sādhyāś -
  • sādhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sādhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sādh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √sādh class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 5 verb]
    sādh -> sādhyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √sādh class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √sādh class 5 verb]
    sidh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sidh], [vocative plural from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √sidh], [vocative plural from √sidh], [accusative plural from √sidh]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śivapūjakāḥ -
  • śivapūjaka (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 8.37.16

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 8.37.16 in Gujarati sript:
શક્રાદયો લોકપાલા વસવશ્ચ સુરાસ્તથા ।
મહારાજિકદેવાશ્ચ સાધ્યાશ્ચ શિવપૂજકાઃ ॥ ૧૬ ॥

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 8.37.16 in Kannada sript:
ಶಕ್ರಾದಯೋ ಲೋಕಪಾಲಾ ವಸವಶ್ಚ ಸುರಾಸ್ತಥಾ ।
ಮಹಾರಾಜಿಕದೇವಾಶ್ಚ ಸಾಧ್ಯಾಶ್ಚ ಶಿವಪೂಜಕಾಃ ॥ ೧೬ ॥

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 8.37.16 in Malayalam sript:
ശക്രാദയോ ലോകപാലാ വസവശ്ച സുരാസ്തഥാ ।
മഹാരാജികദേവാശ്ച സാധ്യാശ്ച ശിവപൂജകാഃ ॥ ൧൬ ॥

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 8.37.16 in Telugu sript:
శక్రాదయో లోకపాలా వసవశ్చ సురాస్తథా ।
మహారాజికదేవాశ్చ సాధ్యాశ్చ శివపూజకాః ॥ ౧౬ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 8.37.16 in Bengali sript:
শক্রাদযো লোকপালা বসবশ্চ সুরাস্তথা ।
মহারাজিকদেবাশ্চ সাধ্যাশ্চ শিবপূজকাঃ ॥ ১৬ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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