Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 1.1.17.249 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Skandapurana is one of the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, covering over 80,000 shlokas (verses). It is divided into seven large section each covering holy regions detailing their background and legends.

Verse 1.1.17.249

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कथमर्चामहे लिंगं केनैव विधिना ततः ।
प्रातर्मध्याह्नसमये सायंकाले तथैव च ॥ २४९ ॥

kathamarcāmahe liṃgaṃ kenaiva vidhinā tataḥ |
prātarmadhyāhnasamaye sāyaṃkāle tathaiva ca || 249 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 1.1.17.249 is contained in the book The Skanda-Purana by G. V. Tagare. 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 (1.1.17.249). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Katham, Katha, Linga, Kena, Kah, Kim, Vidhi, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Pratar, Madhyahnasamaya, Sayankala, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 1.1.17.249). 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: “kathamarcāmahe liṃgaṃ kenaiva vidhinā tataḥ ”
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
arcāma -
√ṛc (verb class 1)

[imperative active first plural]
he -
ha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

hā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√as (verb class 2)

[present middle first single]
liṅgam -
liṅga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

liṅgā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kenai -
kena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vidhinā -
vidhi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vidhī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tataḥ -
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]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
Line 2: “prātarmadhyāhnasamaye sāyaṃkāle tathaiva ca ”
prātar -
prātar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
madhyāhnasamaye -
madhyāhnasamaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
sāyaṅkāle -
sāyaṅkāla (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]