Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 10.7.12 (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 12 contained in chapter 7 of book 6 (कैलाससंहिता, kailāsasaṃhitā).

Verse 10.7.12

प्रणवं गुं गुरुभ्योन्ते नमः प्रोच्यापि देशिकम् ।
समावाह्य ततो ध्यायेद्दक्षिणाभिमुखं स्थितम् ॥ १२ ॥

praṇavaṃ guṃ gurubhyonte namaḥ procyāpi deśikam |
samāvāhya tato dhyāyeddakṣiṇābhimukhaṃ sthitam || 12 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 10.7.12 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 (10.7.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pranava, Tad, Yushmad, Nama, Namas, Pra, Api, Deshika, Tatah, Tata, Dakshinabhimukha, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 10.7.12). 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: “praṇavaṃ guṃ gurubhyonte namaḥ procyāpi deśikam
  • praṇavam -
  • praṇava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    praṇavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gum -
  • gu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • gur -
  • gu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [injunctive active third plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [injunctive active third plural]
  • ubhyo -
  • umbh -> ubhya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √umbh]
    umbh -> ubhya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √umbh]
  • ūn -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • namaḥ -
  • namas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    namas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pro -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    prā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ucyā -
  • uc -> ucya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √uc]
    vac -> ucya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vac]
    vac -> ucya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vac]
    uc (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • deśikam -
  • deśika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    deśika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    deśikā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “samāvāhya tato dhyāyeddakṣiṇābhimukhaṃ sthitam
  • samāvā -
  • sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first dual]
  • ahya -
  • ah -> ahya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ah]
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • dhyāyed -
  • dhyā (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • dakṣiṇābhimukham -
  • dakṣiṇābhimukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dakṣiṇābhimukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dakṣiṇābhimukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sthitam -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sthita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sthitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 10.7.12

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 10.7.12 in Gujarati sript:
પ્રણવં ગું ગુરુભ્યોન્તે નમઃ પ્રોચ્યાપિ દેશિકમ્ ।
સમાવાહ્ય તતો ધ્યાયેદ્દક્ષિણાભિમુખં સ્થિતમ્ ॥ ૧૨ ॥

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 10.7.12 in Kannada sript:
ಪ್ರಣವಂ ಗುಂ ಗುರುಭ್ಯೋನ್ತೇ ನಮಃ ಪ್ರೋಚ್ಯಾಪಿ ದೇಶಿಕಮ್ ।
ಸಮಾವಾಹ್ಯ ತತೋ ಧ್ಯಾಯೇದ್ದಕ್ಷಿಣಾಭಿಮುಖಂ ಸ್ಥಿತಮ್ ॥ ೧೨ ॥

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 10.7.12 in Malayalam sript:
പ്രണവം ഗും ഗുരുഭ്യോന്തേ നമഃ പ്രോച്യാപി ദേശികമ് ।
സമാവാഹ്യ തതോ ധ്യായേദ്ദക്ഷിണാഭിമുഖം സ്ഥിതമ് ॥ ൧൨ ॥

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 10.7.12 in Telugu sript:
ప్రణవం గుం గురుభ్యోన్తే నమః ప్రోచ్యాపి దేశికమ్ ।
సమావాహ్య తతో ధ్యాయేద్దక్షిణాభిముఖం స్థితమ్ ॥ ౧౨ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 10.7.12 in Bengali sript:
প্রণবং গুং গুরুভ্যোন্তে নমঃ প্রোচ্যাপি দেশিকম্ ।
সমাবাহ্য ততো ধ্যাযেদ্দক্ষিণাভিমুখং স্থিতম্ ॥ ১২ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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