Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 9.4.6 (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 6 contained in chapter 4 of book 5 (उमासंहिता, umāsaṃhitā).

Verse 9.4.6

महिम्ना येन शंभोस्तु येये लोके विमोहिताः ।
मायया ज्ञानमाहृत्य नानालीलाविहारिणः ॥ ६ ॥

mahimnā yena śaṃbhostu yeye loke vimohitāḥ |
māyayā jñānamāhṛtya nānālīlāvihāriṇaḥ || 6 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 9.4.6 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 (9.4.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahimna, Yena, Yah, Yat, Shambhu, Yeya, Loka, Vimohita, Maya, Jnana, Ahritya, Nanalila, Aviharin, Avihari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 9.4.6). 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: “mahimnā yena śaṃbhostu yeye loke vimohitāḥ
  • mahimnā* -
  • mahimna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • śambhos -
  • śambhu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śambhu (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yeye -
  • -> yeya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> yeya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb], [locative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> yeyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb]
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • vimohitāḥ -
  • vimohita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vimohitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “māyayā jñānamāhṛtya nānālīlāvihāriṇaḥ
  • māyayā -
  • māyā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • jñānam -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āhṛtya -
  • āhṛtya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āhṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āhṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nānālīlā -
  • nānālīlā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • avihāriṇaḥ -
  • avihārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    avihārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    avihārī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 9.4.6

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 9.4.6 in Gujarati sript:
મહિમ્ના યેન શંભોસ્તુ યેયે લોકે વિમોહિતાઃ ।
માયયા જ્ઞાનમાહૃત્ય નાનાલીલાવિહારિણઃ ॥ ૬ ॥

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 9.4.6 in Kannada sript:
ಮಹಿಮ್ನಾ ಯೇನ ಶಂಭೋಸ್ತು ಯೇಯೇ ಲೋಕೇ ವಿಮೋಹಿತಾಃ ।
ಮಾಯಯಾ ಜ್ಞಾನಮಾಹೃತ್ಯ ನಾನಾಲೀಲಾವಿಹಾರಿಣಃ ॥ ೬ ॥

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 9.4.6 in Malayalam sript:
മഹിമ്നാ യേന ശംഭോസ്തു യേയേ ലോകേ വിമോഹിതാഃ ।
മായയാ ജ്ഞാനമാഹൃത്യ നാനാലീലാവിഹാരിണഃ ॥ ൬ ॥

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 9.4.6 in Telugu sript:
మహిమ్నా యేన శంభోస్తు యేయే లోకే విమోహితాః ।
మాయయా జ్ఞానమాహృత్య నానాలీలావిహారిణః ॥ ౬ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 9.4.6 in Bengali sript:
মহিম্না যেন শংভোস্তু যেযে লোকে বিমোহিতাঃ ।
মাযযা জ্ঞানমাহৃত্য নানালীলাবিহারিণঃ ॥ ৬ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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