Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 1.2.40.73 (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 1.2.40.73

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एतेन श्रुतिशास्त्राणि पुराणं च वृतैव किम् ।
अग्रे सप्तर्षिपूर्वा ये ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया भवन् ॥ ७३ ॥

etena śrutiśāstrāṇi purāṇaṃ ca vṛtaiva kim |
agre saptarṣipūrvā ye brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā bhavan || 73 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 1.2.40.73 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 (1.2.40.73). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eta, Etad, Esha, Shrut, Shrutin, Shruti, Shastra, Purana, Vrit, Vrita, Kim, Agre, Agra, Agri, Saptarshi, Purva, Yah, Yat, Brahmana, Kshatriya, Bhavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 1.2.40.73). 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: “etena śrutiśāstrāṇi purāṇaṃ ca vṛtaiva kim ”
etena -
eta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

eta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

etad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
śruti -
śruti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

śrutin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śrutin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

śrutī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

śrutī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

śrutī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

śrut (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

śrut (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śrut (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śāstrāṇi -
śāstra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
purāṇam -
purāṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

purāṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vṛtai -
vṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vṛt (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vṛt (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “agre saptarṣipūrvā ye brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā bhavan ”
agre -
agre (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

agra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

agra (noun, neuter)

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

agrā (noun, feminine)

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

agri (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
saptarṣi -
saptarṣi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

saptarṣi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

saptarṣi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pūrvā* -
pūrva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pūrvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
brāhmaṇāḥ -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kṣatriyā* -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhavan -
bhavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]