Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 2.2.12.4 (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 2.2.12.4

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अंतर्वेदी महापुण्या विष्णोर्हृदयसंनिभा ।
तस्याः संरक्षणायाहं स्थापितो विष्णुनाष्टधा ॥ ४ ॥

aṃtarvedī mahāpuṇyā viṣṇorhṛdayasaṃnibhā |
tasyāḥ saṃrakṣaṇāyāhaṃ sthāpito viṣṇunāṣṭadhā || 4 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 2.2.12.4 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 (2.2.12.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Antarvedi, Mahapunya, Vishnu, Hridaya, Samnibha, Samrakshana, Aha, Asmad, Sthapita, Ashtadha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 2.2.12.4). 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: “aṃtarvedī mahāpuṇyā viṣṇorhṛdayasaṃnibhā ”
antarvedī -
antarvedī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

antarvedi (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
mahāpuṇyā* -
mahāpuṇya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mahāpuṇyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
viṣṇor -
viṣṇu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

viṣṇu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
hṛdaya -
hṛdaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hṛdaya (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tasyāḥ saṃrakṣaṇāyāhaṃ sthāpito viṣṇunāṣṭadhā ”
tasyāḥ -
sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
saṃrakṣaṇāyā -
saṃrakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
sthāpito* -
sthāpita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthāpita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā]
viṣṇunā -
viṣṇu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
aṣṭadhā -
aṣṭadhā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]