Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 2.4.9.59 (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 2.4.9.59

चतुर्दशीत्रये राज्यं बलेरस्त्विति याचयेत् ।
पुरा वामनरूपेण प्रार्थयित्वा धरामिमाम् ।
ददावतिथयेंद्राय बलिं पातालवासिनम् ॥ ५९ ॥

caturdaśītraye rājyaṃ balerastviti yācayet |
purā vāmanarūpeṇa prārthayitvā dharāmimām |
dadāvatithayeṃdrāya baliṃ pātālavāsinam || 59 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 2.4.9.59 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 (2.4.9.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Caturdashi, Traya, Tri, Rajya, Bali, Astu, Iti, Pura, Vamana, Rupa, Pra, Asmad, Titha, Yah, Yat, Indra, Patalavasin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 2.4.9.59). 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: “caturdaśītraye rājyaṃ balerastviti yācayet
  • caturdaśī -
  • caturdaśī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • traye -
  • traya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    traya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • rājyam -
  • rājya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rājya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rājyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj]
    rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rāj], [accusative single from √rāj]
  • baler -
  • bali (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bal (verb class 1)
    [optative active second single]
  • astvi -
  • astu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    astu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    astu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperative active third single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cayet -
  • cay (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
    ci (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “purā vāmanarūpeṇa prārthayitvā dharāmimām
  • purā* -
  • pura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    purā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vāmana -
  • vāmana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāmana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpeṇa -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • prā -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arthayitvā -
  • arth -> arthayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √arth]
  • dharāmi -
  • dhṛ (verb class 1)
    [present active first single]
  • mām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 3: “dadāvatithayeṃdrāya baliṃ pātālavāsinam
  • dadāva -
  • (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first dual]
    (verb class 3)
    [imperative active first dual]
    dad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first dual]
  • titha -
  • titha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • indrāya -
  • indra (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • balim -
  • bali (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pātālavāsinam -
  • pātālavāsin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 2.4.9.59

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 2.4.9.59 in Bengali sript:
চতুর্দশীত্রযে রাজ্যং বলেরস্ত্বিতি যাচযেত্ ।
পুরা বামনরূপেণ প্রার্থযিত্বা ধরামিমাম্ ।
দদাবতিথযেংদ্রায বলিং পাতালবাসিনম্ ॥ ৫৯ ॥

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 2.4.9.59 in Kannada sript:
ಚತುರ್ದಶೀತ್ರಯೇ ರಾಜ್ಯಂ ಬಲೇರಸ್ತ್ವಿತಿ ಯಾಚಯೇತ್ ।
ಪುರಾ ವಾಮನರೂಪೇಣ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥಯಿತ್ವಾ ಧರಾಮಿಮಾಮ್ ।
ದದಾವತಿಥಯೇಂದ್ರಾಯ ಬಲಿಂ ಪಾತಾಲವಾಸಿನಮ್ ॥ ೫೯ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 2.4.9.59 in Gujarati sript:
ચતુર્દશીત્રયે રાજ્યં બલેરસ્ત્વિતિ યાચયેત્ ।
પુરા વામનરૂપેણ પ્રાર્થયિત્વા ધરામિમામ્ ।
દદાવતિથયેંદ્રાય બલિં પાતાલવાસિનમ્ ॥ ૫૯ ॥

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 2.4.9.59 in Malayalam sript:
ചതുര്ദശീത്രയേ രാജ്യം ബലേരസ്ത്വിതി യാചയേത് ।
പുരാ വാമനരൂപേണ പ്രാര്ഥയിത്വാ ധരാമിമാമ് ।
ദദാവതിഥയേംദ്രായ ബലിം പാതാലവാസിനമ് ॥ ൫൯ ॥

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