Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 9.16.1 (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 1 contained in chapter 16 of book 5 (उमासंहिता, umāsaṃhitā).

Verse 9.16.1

सनत्कुमार उवाच ।
तेषां मूर्द्धोपरिष्टाद्वै नरकांस्ताञ्छृणुष्व च ।
मत्तो मुनिवरश्रेष्ठ पच्यंते यत्र पापिनः ॥ १ ॥

sanatkumāra uvāca |
teṣāṃ mūrddhopariṣṭādvai narakāṃstāñchṛṇuṣva ca |
matto munivaraśreṣṭha pacyaṃte yatra pāpinaḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 9.16.1 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 (9.16.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sanatkumara, Tad, Murddha, Murddhan, Uparishtat, Uparishta, Naraka, Matta, Munivara, Shreshtha, Yatra, Papin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 9.16.1). 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: “sanatkumāra uvāca
  • sanatkumāra* -
  • sanatkumāra (noun, masculine)
    [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]
  • Line 2: “teṣāṃ mūrddhopariṣṭādvai narakāṃstāñchṛṇuṣva ca
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • mūrddho -
  • mūrddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mūrddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mūrddhan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    mūrddhan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mūrddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • upariṣṭād -
  • upariṣṭāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    upariṣṭāt (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    upariṣṭāt (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    upariṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    upariṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    upariṣṭāt (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • narakāṃs -
  • naraka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tāñch -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṣva -
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 3: “matto munivaraśreṣṭha pacyaṃte yatra pāpinaḥ
  • matto* -
  • matta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mad -> matta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √mad class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mad class 3 verb], [nominative single from √mad class 4 verb]
  • munivara -
  • munivara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śreṣṭha -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pacyante -
  • pac (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]
    pac (verb class 4)
    [present middle third plural], [present passive third plural]
    pañc (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāpinaḥ -
  • pāpin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pāpin (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 9.16.1

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 9.16.1 in Gujarati sript:
સનત્કુમાર ઉવાચ ।
તેષાં મૂર્દ્ધોપરિષ્ટાદ્વૈ નરકાંસ્તાઞ્છૃણુષ્વ ચ ।
મત્તો મુનિવરશ્રેષ્ઠ પચ્યંતે યત્ર પાપિનઃ ॥ ૧ ॥

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 9.16.1 in Kannada sript:
ಸನತ್ಕುಮಾರ ಉವಾಚ ।
ತೇಷಾಂ ಮೂರ್ದ್ಧೋಪರಿಷ್ಟಾದ್ವೈ ನರಕಾಂಸ್ತಾಞ್ಛೃಣುಷ್ವ ಚ ।
ಮತ್ತೋ ಮುನಿವರಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಪಚ್ಯಂತೇ ಯತ್ರ ಪಾಪಿನಃ ॥ ೧ ॥

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 9.16.1 in Malayalam sript:
സനത്കുമാര ഉവാച ।
തേഷാം മൂര്ദ്ധോപരിഷ്ടാദ്വൈ നരകാംസ്താഞ്ഛൃണുഷ്വ ച ।
മത്തോ മുനിവരശ്രേഷ്ഠ പച്യംതേ യത്ര പാപിനഃ ॥ ൧ ॥

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 9.16.1 in Telugu sript:
సనత్కుమార ఉవాచ ।
తేషాం మూర్ద్ధోపరిష్టాద్వై నరకాంస్తాఞ్ఛృణుష్వ చ ।
మత్తో మునివరశ్రేష్ఠ పచ్యంతే యత్ర పాపినః ॥ ౧ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 9.16.1 in Bengali sript:
সনত্কুমার উবাচ ।
তেষাং মূর্দ্ধোপরিষ্টাদ্বৈ নরকাংস্তাঞ্ছৃণুষ্ব চ ।
মত্তো মুনিবরশ্রেষ্ঠ পচ্যংতে যত্র পাপিনঃ ॥ ১ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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