Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 7.2.8.14 (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 14 contained in chapter 8 of book 7.2 (वायवीयसंहिता (२): उत्तरभाग, vāyavīyasaṃhitā (2): uttarabhāga).

Verse 7.2.8.14

अपहृत्य स्वलीलार्थं तेषां ज्ञानं महेश्वरः ।
तमपृच्छंस्ततो देवाः को भवानिति मोहिताः ॥ १४ ॥

apahṛtya svalīlārthaṃ teṣāṃ jñānaṃ maheśvaraḥ |
tamapṛcchaṃstato devāḥ ko bhavāniti mohitāḥ || 14 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 7.2.8.14 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 (7.2.8.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svalila, Artha, Tad, Jnana, Maheshvara, Tama, Pricchat, Tatah, Tata, Deva, Kah, Bhava, Bhavant, Iti, Mohita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 7.2.8.14). 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: “apahṛtya svalīlārthaṃ teṣāṃ jñānaṃ maheśvaraḥ
  • apahṛtya -
  • svalīlā -
  • svalīlā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • jñānam -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • maheśvaraḥ -
  • maheśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tamapṛcchaṃstato devāḥ ko bhavāniti mohitāḥ
  • tama -
  • tama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pṛcchaṃs -
  • praś -> pṛcchat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √praś class 6 verb], [vocative single from √praś class 6 verb]
    pṛcchat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • devāḥ -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ko* -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavān -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • mohitāḥ -
  • mohita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mohitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    muh -> mohita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √muh], [vocative plural from √muh]
    muh -> mohitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √muh], [vocative plural from √muh], [accusative plural from √muh]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 7.2.8.14

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 7.2.8.14 in Gujarati sript:
અપહૃત્ય સ્વલીલાર્થં તેષાં જ્ઞાનં મહેશ્વરઃ ।
તમપૃચ્છંસ્તતો દેવાઃ કો ભવાનિતિ મોહિતાઃ ॥ ૧૪ ॥

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 7.2.8.14 in Kannada sript:
ಅಪಹೃತ್ಯ ಸ್ವಲೀಲಾರ್ಥಂ ತೇಷಾಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರಃ ।
ತಮಪೃಚ್ಛಂಸ್ತತೋ ದೇವಾಃ ಕೋ ಭವಾನಿತಿ ಮೋಹಿತಾಃ ॥ ೧೪ ॥

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 7.2.8.14 in Malayalam sript:
അപഹൃത്യ സ്വലീലാര്ഥം തേഷാം ജ്ഞാനം മഹേശ്വരഃ ।
തമപൃച്ഛംസ്തതോ ദേവാഃ കോ ഭവാനിതി മോഹിതാഃ ॥ ൧൪ ॥

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 7.2.8.14 in Telugu sript:
అపహృత్య స్వలీలార్థం తేషాం జ్ఞానం మహేశ్వరః ।
తమపృచ్ఛంస్తతో దేవాః కో భవానితి మోహితాః ॥ ౧౪ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 7.2.8.14 in Bengali sript:
অপহৃত্য স্বলীলার্থং তেষাং জ্ঞানং মহেশ্বরঃ ।
তমপৃচ্ছংস্ততো দেবাঃ কো ভবানিতি মোহিতাঃ ॥ ১৪ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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