Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 2.8.4.26 (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 2.8.4.26

अज्ञानाज्ज्ञानतो वापि राजादेर्निग्रहात्तथा ।
नित्यकर्मनिवृत्तिः स्याद्यस्य पुंसोऽवशात्मनः ।
तेनाप्यत्र विधातव्यं प्रायश्चित्तं प्रयत्नतः ॥ २६ ॥

ajñānājjñānato vāpi rājādernigrahāttathā |
nityakarmanivṛttiḥ syādyasya puṃso'vaśātmanaḥ |
tenāpyatra vidhātavyaṃ prāyaścittaṃ prayatnataḥ || 26 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 2.8.4.26 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 (2.8.4.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vapi, Vapin, Raja, Nigraha, Tatha, Nityakarman, Nityakarma, Nivritti, Syadya, Pums, Avasha, Mana, Manas, Tad, Tena, Api, Apya, Atra, Vidhatavya, Prayashcitta, Prayatnatah, Prayatnatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 2.8.4.26). 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: “ajñānājjñānato vāpi rājādernigrahāttathā
  • Cannot analyse ajñānājjñānato*vā
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • rājād -
  • rāja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • er -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • nigrahāt -
  • nigraha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “nityakarmanivṛttiḥ syādyasya puṃso'vaśātmanaḥ
  • nityakarma -
  • nityakarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nityakarma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nityakarma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nivṛttiḥ -
  • nivṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • syādyasya -
  • syad -> syādya (participle, masculine)
    [genitive single from √syad class 1 verb]
    syad -> syādya (participle, neuter)
    [genitive single from √syad class 1 verb]
  • puṃso' -
  • puṃs (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • avaśāt -
  • avaśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    avaśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • manaḥ -
  • manas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    mana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “tenāpyatra vidhātavyaṃ prāyaścittaṃ prayatnataḥ
  • tenā -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • apya -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidhātavyam -
  • vidhātavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vidhātavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vidhātavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prāyaścittam -
  • prāyaścitta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prāyaścitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prāyaścittā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prayatnataḥ -
  • prayatnataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    prayatnatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 2.8.4.26

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 2.8.4.26 in Bengali sript:
অজ্ঞানাজ্জ্ঞানতো বাপি রাজাদের্নিগ্রহাত্তথা ।
নিত্যকর্মনিবৃত্তিঃ স্যাদ্যস্য পুংসোঽবশাত্মনঃ ।
তেনাপ্যত্র বিধাতব্যং প্রাযশ্চিত্তং প্রযত্নতঃ ॥ ২৬ ॥

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 2.8.4.26 in Kannada sript:
ಅಜ್ಞಾನಾಜ್ಜ್ಞಾನತೋ ವಾಪಿ ರಾಜಾದೇರ್ನಿಗ್ರಹಾತ್ತಥಾ ।
ನಿತ್ಯಕರ್ಮನಿವೃತ್ತಿಃ ಸ್ಯಾದ್ಯಸ್ಯ ಪುಂಸೋಽವಶಾತ್ಮನಃ ।
ತೇನಾಪ್ಯತ್ರ ವಿಧಾತವ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತಂ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನತಃ ॥ ೨೬ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 2.8.4.26 in Gujarati sript:
અજ્ઞાનાજ્જ્ઞાનતો વાપિ રાજાદેર્નિગ્રહાત્તથા ।
નિત્યકર્મનિવૃત્તિઃ સ્યાદ્યસ્ય પુંસોઽવશાત્મનઃ ।
તેનાપ્યત્ર વિધાતવ્યં પ્રાયશ્ચિત્તં પ્રયત્નતઃ ॥ ૨૬ ॥

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 2.8.4.26 in Malayalam sript:
അജ്ഞാനാജ്ജ്ഞാനതോ വാപി രാജാദേര്നിഗ്രഹാത്തഥാ ।
നിത്യകര്മനിവൃത്തിഃ സ്യാദ്യസ്യ പുംസോഽവശാത്മനഃ ।
തേനാപ്യത്ര വിധാതവ്യം പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം പ്രയത്നതഃ ॥ ൨൬ ॥

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