Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 10.12.12 (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 12 of book 6 (कैलाससंहिता, kailāsasaṃhitā).

Verse 10.12.12

यस्य पुंसः परा शक्तिर्भावगम्या मनोहरा ।
निर्गुणा स्वगुणैरेव निगूढा निष्कला शिवा ॥ १२ ॥

yasya puṃsaḥ parā śaktirbhāvagamyā manoharā |
nirguṇā svaguṇaireva nigūḍhā niṣkalā śivā || 12 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 10.12.12 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 (10.12.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yasya, Yah, Yat, Pums, Para, Shakti, Bhavagamya, Manohara, Nirguna, Svaguna, Eva, Nigudha, Nishkala, Shiva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 10.12.12). 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: “yasya puṃsaḥ parā śaktirbhāvagamyā manoharā
  • yasya -
  • yasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yas -> yasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √yas]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    yas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • puṃsaḥ -
  • puṃs (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • parā -
  • parā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śaktir -
  • śakti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śakti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhāvagamyā* -
  • bhāvagamya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhāvagamyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • manoharā -
  • manoharā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “nirguṇā svaguṇaireva nigūḍhā niṣkalā śivā
  • nirguṇā -
  • nirguṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • svaguṇair -
  • svaguṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    svaguṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nigūḍhā* -
  • nigūḍha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nigūḍhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • niṣkalā -
  • niṣkalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śivā -
  • śivā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 10.12.12

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 10.12.12 in Gujarati sript:
યસ્ય પુંસઃ પરા શક્તિર્ભાવગમ્યા મનોહરા ।
નિર્ગુણા સ્વગુણૈરેવ નિગૂઢા નિષ્કલા શિવા ॥ 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 10.12.12 in Kannada sript:
ಯಸ್ಯ ಪುಂಸಃ ಪರಾ ಶಕ್ತಿರ್ಭಾವಗಮ್ಯಾ ಮನೋಹರಾ ।
ನಿರ್ಗುಣಾ ಸ್ವಗುಣೈರೇವ ನಿಗೂಢಾ ನಿಷ್ಕಲಾ ಶಿವಾ ॥ 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 10.12.12 in Malayalam sript:
യസ്യ പുംസഃ പരാ ശക്തിര്ഭാവഗമ്യാ മനോഹരാ ।
നിര്ഗുണാ സ്വഗുണൈരേവ നിഗൂഢാ നിഷ്കലാ ശിവാ ॥ 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 10.12.12 in Telugu sript:
యస్య పుంసః పరా శక్తిర్భావగమ్యా మనోహరా ।
నిర్గుణా స్వగుణైరేవ నిగూఢా నిష్కలా శివా ॥ ౧౨ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 10.12.12 in Bengali sript:
যস্য পুংসঃ পরা শক্তির্ভাবগম্যা মনোহরা ।
নির্গুণা স্বগুণৈরেব নিগূঢা নিষ্কলা শিবা ॥ ১২ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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