Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 1.2.40.144 (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 1.2.40.144

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महाकाल उवाच ।
योनिरेवंविदा तेषां पितॄणां च दिवौकसाम् ।
दूरोक्तं दूरपूजा च दूरस्तुतिरथापि यत् ॥ १४४ ॥

mahākāla uvāca |
yonirevaṃvidā teṣāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca divaukasām |
dūroktaṃ dūrapūjā ca dūrastutirathāpi yat || 144 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 1.2.40.144 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 (1.2.40.144). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahakala, Yoni, Yonin, Reva, Vid, Vida, Tad, Pitri, Divaukas, Dura, Ukta, Puja, Tud, Api, Yat, Yad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 1.2.40.144). 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: “mahākāla uvāca ”
mahākāla* -
mahākāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “yonirevaṃvidā teṣāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca divaukasām ”
yoni -
yonī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

yonin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yonin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
revaṃ -
reva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

reva (noun, neuter)

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

revā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vidā -
vid (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vid (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vidā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
teṣām -
tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
pitṝṇām -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
divaukasām -
divaukas (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
Line 3: “dūroktaṃ dūrapūjā ca dūrastutirathāpi yat ”
dūro -
dūra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dūra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dūrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uktam -
ukta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ukta (noun, neuter)

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

uktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> ukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
dūra -
dūra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dūra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pūjā -
pūjā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dūras -
dūra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tut -
tud (noun, masculine)

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

tud (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
irathā -
√ir (verb class 6)

[present active second plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]