Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 9.23.1 (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 23 of book 5 (उमासंहिता, umāsaṃhitā).

Verse 9.23.1

सनत्कुमार उवाच ।
शृणु व्यास महाबुद्धे देहस्याशुचितां मुने ।
महत्त्वं च स्वभावस्य समासात्कथयाम्यहम् ॥ १ ॥

sanatkumāra uvāca |
śṛṇu vyāsa mahābuddhe dehasyāśucitāṃ mune |
mahattvaṃ ca svabhāvasya samāsātkathayāmyaham || 1 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 9.23.1 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 (9.23.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sanatkumara, Vyasa, Mahabuddha, Mahabuddhi, Deha, Ashucita, Muni, Mahattva, Svabhava, Samasa, Aha, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 9.23.1). 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: “śṛṇu vyāsa mahābuddhe dehasyāśucitāṃ mune
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vyāsa -
  • vyāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vyāsa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahābuddhe -
  • mahābuddha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mahābuddhi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    mahābuddhi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • dehasyā -
  • deha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    deha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • aśucitām -
  • aśucitā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • mune -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • Line 3: “mahattvaṃ ca svabhāvasya samāsātkathayāmyaham
  • mahattvam -
  • mahattva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • svabhāvasya -
  • svabhāva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • samāsāt -
  • samāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • kathayāmya -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present active first single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 9.23.1

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 9.23.1 in Gujarati sript:
સનત્કુમાર ઉવાચ ।
શૃણુ વ્યાસ મહાબુદ્ધે દેહસ્યાશુચિતાં મુને ।
મહત્ત્વં ચ સ્વભાવસ્ય સમાસાત્કથયામ્યહમ્ ॥ 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 9.23.1 in Kannada sript:
ಸನತ್ಕುಮಾರ ಉವಾಚ ।
ಶೃಣು ವ್ಯಾಸ ಮಹಾಬುದ್ಧೇ ದೇಹಸ್ಯಾಶುಚಿತಾಂ ಮುನೇ ।
ಮಹತ್ತ್ವಂ ಚ ಸ್ವಭಾವಸ್ಯ ಸಮಾಸಾತ್ಕಥಯಾಮ್ಯಹಮ್ ॥ 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 9.23.1 in Malayalam sript:
സനത്കുമാര ഉവാച ।
ശൃണു വ്യാസ മഹാബുദ്ധേ ദേഹസ്യാശുചിതാം മുനേ ।
മഹത്ത്വം ച സ്വഭാവസ്യ സമാസാത്കഥയാമ്യഹമ് ॥ 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 9.23.1 in Telugu sript:
సనత్కుమార ఉవాచ ।
శృణు వ్యాస మహాబుద్ధే దేహస్యాశుచితాం మునే ।
మహత్త్వం చ స్వభావస్య సమాసాత్కథయామ్యహమ్ ॥ ౧ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 9.23.1 in Bengali sript:
সনত্কুমার উবাচ ।
শৃণু ব্যাস মহাবুদ্ধে দেহস্যাশুচিতাং মুনে ।
মহত্ত্বং চ স্বভাবস্য সমাসাত্কথযাম্যহম্ ॥ ১ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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