Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 9.27.9 (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 9 contained in chapter 27 of book 5 (उमासंहिता, umāsaṃhitā).

Verse 9.27.9

गायत्रीं शिरसा सार्द्धं जपेद्व्याहृतिपूर्विकाम् ।
त्रिवारमायतप्राणाः प्राणायामस्स उच्यते ॥ ९ ॥

gāyatrīṃ śirasā sārddhaṃ japedvyāhṛtipūrvikām |
trivāramāyataprāṇāḥ prāṇāyāmassa ucyate || 9 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 9.27.9 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 (9.27.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gayatri, Shiras, Arddha, Purvika, Var, Vara, Ayata, Prana, Pranayama, Sah, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 9.27.9). 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: “gāyatrīṃ śirasā sārddhaṃ japedvyāhṛtipūrvikām
  • gāyatrīm -
  • gāyatrī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śirasā -
  • śiras (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārddham -
  • ārddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • japed -
  • jap (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • vyāhṛti -
  • vyāhṛti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • pūrvikām -
  • pūrvikā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “trivāramāyataprāṇāḥ prāṇāyāmassa ucyate
  • tri -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • vāram -
  • vāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vār (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • āyata -
  • āyata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āyata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāṇāḥ -
  • prāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prāṇāyāmas -
  • prāṇāyāma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 9.27.9

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 9.27.9 in Gujarati sript:
ગાયત્રીં શિરસા સાર્દ્ધં જપેદ્વ્યાહૃતિપૂર્વિકામ્ ।
ત્રિવારમાયતપ્રાણાઃ પ્રાણાયામસ્સ ઉચ્યતે ॥ ૯ ॥

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 9.27.9 in Kannada sript:
ಗಾಯತ್ರೀಂ ಶಿರಸಾ ಸಾರ್ದ್ಧಂ ಜಪೇದ್ವ್ಯಾಹೃತಿಪೂರ್ವಿಕಾಮ್ ।
ತ್ರಿವಾರಮಾಯತಪ್ರಾಣಾಃ ಪ್ರಾಣಾಯಾಮಸ್ಸ ಉಚ್ಯತೇ ॥ ೯ ॥

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 9.27.9 in Malayalam sript:
ഗായത്രീം ശിരസാ സാര്ദ്ധം ജപേദ്വ്യാഹൃതിപൂര്വികാമ് ।
ത്രിവാരമായതപ്രാണാഃ പ്രാണായാമസ്സ ഉച്യതേ ॥ ൯ ॥

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 9.27.9 in Telugu sript:
గాయత్రీం శిరసా సార్ద్ధం జపేద్వ్యాహృతిపూర్వికామ్ ।
త్రివారమాయతప్రాణాః ప్రాణాయామస్స ఉచ్యతే ॥ ౯ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 9.27.9 in Bengali sript:
গাযত্রীং শিরসা সার্দ্ধং জপেদ্ব্যাহৃতিপূর্বিকাম্ ।
ত্রিবারমাযতপ্রাণাঃ প্রাণাযামস্স উচ্যতে ॥ ৯ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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