Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 1.4.1.1 (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 1.4.1.1

श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।
अथारुणाचलमाहात्म्योत्तरार्धम् ।
व्यास उवाच ।
वसंतो नैमिषारण्ये मुनयः सूतमब्रुवन् ।
मुनय ऊचुः ।
स्थानानामुत्तमं शैवं यत्स्थलं तद्वदस्व नः ॥ १ ॥

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |
athāruṇācalamāhātmyottarārdham |
vyāsa uvāca |
vasaṃto naimiṣāraṇye munayaḥ sūtamabruvan |
munaya ūcuḥ |
sthānānāmuttamaṃ śaivaṃ yatsthalaṃ tadvadasva naḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 1.4.1.1 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 (1.4.1.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shriganesha, Nama, Namas, Atha, Aruna, Aru, Acala, Ahan, Atmya, Atmi, Uttarardha, Vyasa, Vasanta, Vasat, Naimisharanya, Muni, Munaya, Suta, Abruvat, Sthana, Uttamam, Uttama, Shaiva, Yat, Yad, Sthala, Tadvat, Asva, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 1.4.1.1). 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: “śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ
  • śrīgaṇeśāya -
  • śrīgaṇeśa (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • namaḥ -
  • namas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    namas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “athāruṇācalamāhātmyottarārdham
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aruṇā -
  • aruṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aruṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    aru (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • acalam -
  • acala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    acala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    acalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    cal (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • āhā -
  • āhan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āhan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ah (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third single]
  • ātmyo -
  • ātmya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ātmī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    ātmī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • uttarārdham -
  • uttarārdha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 3: “vyāsa uvāca
  • vyāsa* -
  • vyāsa (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 4: “vasaṃto naimiṣāraṇye munayaḥ sūtamabruvan
  • vasanto* -
  • vasanta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vas -> vasat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vas class 1 verb]
  • naimiṣāraṇye -
  • naimiṣāraṇya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • munayaḥ -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    munaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sūtam -
  • sūta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sūta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sūtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    su -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √su class 1 verb], [accusative single from √su class 2 verb]
    su -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √su class 1 verb], [accusative single from √su class 1 verb], [nominative single from √su class 2 verb], [accusative single from √su class 2 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]
  • abruvan -
  • abruvat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • Line 5: “munaya ūcuḥ
  • munaya* -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    munaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ūcuḥ -
  • uc (verb class 4)
    [perfect active third plural]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [perfect active third plural]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • Line 6: “sthānānāmuttamaṃ śaivaṃ yatsthalaṃ tadvadasva naḥ
  • sthānānām -
  • sthāna (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • uttamam -
  • uttamam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uttama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uttama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śaivam -
  • śaiva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaiva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaivā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • 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]
  • sthalam -
  • sthala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sthala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sthalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tadvad -
  • tadvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    tadvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • asva -
  • asva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    asva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • naḥ -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 1.4.1.1

Cover of edition (2016)

Skanda Purana (Hindi Translation)
by S. N. Khandelwal (2016)

(Set of 10 Books) - Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office

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Cover of Bengali edition

Skanda Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

স্কন্ধ পুরাণম: - (Set of 7 Volumes)

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Preview of verse 1.4.1.1 in Bengali sript:
শ্রীগণেশায নমঃ ।
অথারুণাচলমাহাত্ম্যোত্তরার্ধম্ ।
ব্যাস উবাচ ।
বসংতো নৈমিষারণ্যে মুনযঃ সূতমব্রুবন্ ।
মুনয ঊচুঃ ।
স্থানানামুত্তমং শৈবং যত্স্থলং তদ্বদস্ব নঃ ॥ ১ ॥

Cover of edition (0)

Skanda Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)

ಶ್ರೀ ಸ್ಕಾಂದ ಮಹಾಪುರಣಂ: (Set of 25 Volumes)

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Preview of verse 1.4.1.1 in Kannada sript:
ಶ್ರೀಗಣೇಶಾಯ ನಮಃ ।
ಅಥಾರುಣಾಚಲಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯೋತ್ತರಾರ್ಧಮ್ ।
ವ್ಯಾಸ ಉವಾಚ ।
ವಸಂತೋ ನೈಮಿಷಾರಣ್ಯೇ ಮುನಯಃ ಸೂತಮಬ್ರುವನ್ ।
ಮುನಯ ಊಚುಃ ।
ಸ್ಥಾನಾನಾಮುತ್ತಮಂ ಶೈವಂ ಯತ್ಸ್ಥಲಂ ತದ್ವದಸ್ವ ನಃ ॥ ೧ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Skanda Mahapurana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Ahemdabad (2017)

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 1.4.1.1 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીગણેશાય નમઃ ।
અથારુણાચલમાહાત્મ્યોત્તરાર્ધમ્ ।
વ્યાસ ઉવાચ ।
વસંતો નૈમિષારણ્યે મુનયઃ સૂતમબ્રુવન્ ।
મુનય ઊચુઃ ।
સ્થાનાનામુત્તમં શૈવં યત્સ્થલં તદ્વદસ્વ નઃ ॥ ૧ ॥

Cover of edition (2015)

Shri Skanda purana (Malayalam)
by M.P. Pillai kaniyanthara (2015)

(Condensed/Summary) - Devi Book Stall, Kodungallur

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Preview of verse 1.4.1.1 in Malayalam sript:
ശ്രീഗണേശായ നമഃ ।
അഥാരുണാചലമാഹാത്മ്യോത്തരാര്ധമ് ।
വ്യാസ ഉവാച ।
വസംതോ നൈമിഷാരണ്യേ മുനയഃ സൂതമബ്രുവന് ।
മുനയ ഊചുഃ ।
സ്ഥാനാനാമുത്തമം ശൈവം യത്സ്ഥലം തദ്വദസ്വ നഃ ॥ ൧ ॥

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