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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
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The Shiva-purana verse 9.20.35 (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 35 contained in chapter 20 of book 5 (उमासंहिता, umāsaṃhitā).
Verse 9.20.35
मानुष्येऽपि च विप्रत्वं यः प्राप्य खलु दुर्लभम् ।
नाचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयः कोऽन्यस्तस्मादचेतनः ॥ ३५ ॥
mānuṣye'pi ca vipratvaṃ yaḥ prāpya khalu durlabham |
nācaratyātmanaḥ śreyaḥ ko'nyastasmādacetanaḥ || 35 ||
The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 9.20.35 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 (9.20.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Manushya, Api, Vipratva, Yah, Prapya, Khalu, Durlabha, Nri, Acarat, Atman, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Kah, Ani, Tasmat, Tad, Acetana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 9.20.35). 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: “mānuṣye'pi ca vipratvaṃ yaḥ prāpya khalu durlabham ”
- mānuṣye' -
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mānuṣya (noun, masculine)[locative single]mānuṣya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mānuṣyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vipratvam -
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vipratva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- yaḥ -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- prāpya -
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prāpya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prāpya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- khalu -
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khalu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]khalu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]khalu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]khalu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- durlabham -
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durlabha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]durlabha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]durlabhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “nācaratyātmanaḥ śreyaḥ ko'nyastasmādacetanaḥ ”
- nā -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- acaratyā -
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acarat (noun, masculine)[locative single]acarat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- ātmanaḥ -
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ātman (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- śreyaḥ -
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śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]śreyas (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]śreyas (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
- ko' -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ku (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- anyas -
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anī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- tasmād -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- acetanaḥ -
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acetana (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 9.20.35
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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Shri Shiva Purana (Set of 2 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)
Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation
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Shiva Purana (Gujarati)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2013)
[સંક્ષિપ્ત શિવપુરાણ] — Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (9788129301840)
Buy now!Preview of verse 9.20.35 in Gujarati sript:
માનુષ્યેઽપિ ચ વિપ્રત્વં યઃ પ્રાપ્ય ખલુ દુર્લભમ્ ।
નાચરત્યાત્મનઃ શ્રેયઃ કોઽન્યસ્તસ્માદચેતનઃ ॥ ૩૫ ॥
Shiva Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)
[ಶಿವಪುರಾಣ] Set of 9 Volumes
Buy now!Preview of verse 9.20.35 in Kannada sript:
ಮಾನುಷ್ಯೇಽಪಿ ಚ ವಿಪ್ರತ್ವಂ ಯಃ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯ ಖಲು ದುರ್ಲಭಮ್ ।
ನಾಚರತ್ಯಾತ್ಮನಃ ಶ್ರೇಯಃ ಕೋಽನ್ಯಸ್ತಸ್ಮಾದಚೇತನಃ ॥ ೩೫ ॥
Shiva Purana (Malayalam)
by Swami Advaitanandapuri (2004)
[ശിവ പുരണ] published by Aarshasri Publications & Co.
Buy now!Preview of verse 9.20.35 in Malayalam sript:
മാനുഷ്യേഽപി ച വിപ്രത്വം യഃ പ്രാപ്യ ഖലു ദുര്ലഭമ് ।
നാചരത്യാത്മനഃ ശ്രേയഃ കോഽന്യസ്തസ്മാദചേതനഃ ॥ ൩൫ ॥
Shiva Purana (Telugu)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2019)
[శ్రీ శివమఃపురాణము] or [శ్రీ శివ మహా పురాణం]; Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur.
Buy now!Preview of verse 9.20.35 in Telugu sript:
మానుష్యేఽపి చ విప్రత్వం యః ప్రాప్య ఖలు దుర్లభమ్ ।
నాచరత్యాత్మనః శ్రేయః కోఽన్యస్తస్మాదచేతనః ॥ ౩౫ ॥
Shiva Purana (Bengali)
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)
[শিব পুরান]
Buy now!Preview of verse 9.20.35 in Bengali sript:
মানুষ্যেঽপি চ বিপ্রত্বং যঃ প্রাপ্য খলু দুর্লভম্ ।
নাচরত্যাত্মনঃ শ্রেযঃ কোঽন্যস্তস্মাদচেতনঃ ॥ ৩৫ ॥
