Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 3.1.23.8 (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 3.1.23.8

रक्षःपिशाचा दिकृता पीडा नास्त्येव कर्हिचित् ।
स्नात्वास्मिन्पावने तीर्थे छिन्नपाणिः पुरा रविः ।
स हिरण्यमयौ पाणी लब्धवांस्तीर्थवैभवात् ॥ ८ ॥

rakṣaḥpiśācā dikṛtā pīḍā nāstyeva karhicit |
snātvāsminpāvane tīrthe chinnapāṇiḥ purā raviḥ |
sa hiraṇyamayau pāṇī labdhavāṃstīrthavaibhavāt || 8 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 3.1.23.8 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 (3.1.23.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raksha, Rakshas, Pishaca, Dish, Rita, Pida, Nasti, Eva, Karhi, Cit, Snatva, Idam, Pavana, Tirtha, Chinna, Pani, Pura, Ravi, Hiranyamaya, Panin, Labdhavat, Vaibhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 3.1.23.8). 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: “rakṣaḥpiśācā dikṛtā pīḍā nāstyeva karhicit
  • rakṣaḥ -
  • rakṣas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rakṣas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    rakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • piśācā* -
  • piśāca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    piśācā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dik -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ṛtā -
  • ṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pīḍā* -
  • pīḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pīḍā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nāstye -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karhi -
  • karhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • cit -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “snātvāsminpāvane tīrthe chinnapāṇiḥ purā raviḥ
  • snātvā -
  • snātvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    snātva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    snātva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snātvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asmin -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • pāvane -
  • pāvanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pāvana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pāvana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • tīrthe -
  • tīrtha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • chinna -
  • chinna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    chinna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāṇiḥ -
  • pāṇi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • purā* -
  • pura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    purā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • raviḥ -
  • ravi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “sa hiraṇyamayau pāṇī labdhavāṃstīrthavaibhavāt
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hiraṇyamayau -
  • hiraṇyamaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pāṇī -
  • pāṇī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pāṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    pāṇi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pāṇin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • labdhavāṃs -
  • labdhavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    labh -> labdhavat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √labh class 1 verb]
  • tīrtha -
  • tīrtha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vaibhavāt -
  • vaibhava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 3.1.23.8

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 3.1.23.8 in Bengali sript:
রক্ষঃপিশাচা দিকৃতা পীডা নাস্ত্যেব কর্হিচিত্ ।
স্নাত্বাস্মিন্পাবনে তীর্থে ছিন্নপাণিঃ পুরা রবিঃ ।
স হিরণ্যমযৌ পাণী লব্ধবাংস্তীর্থবৈভবাত্ ॥ ৮ ॥

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 3.1.23.8 in Kannada sript:
ರಕ್ಷಃಪಿಶಾಚಾ ದಿಕೃತಾ ಪೀಡಾ ನಾಸ್ತ್ಯೇವ ಕರ್ಹಿಚಿತ್ ।
ಸ್ನಾತ್ವಾಸ್ಮಿನ್ಪಾವನೇ ತೀರ್ಥೇ ಛಿನ್ನಪಾಣಿಃ ಪುರಾ ರವಿಃ ।
ಸ ಹಿರಣ್ಯಮಯೌ ಪಾಣೀ ಲಬ್ಧವಾಂಸ್ತೀರ್ಥವೈಭವಾತ್ ॥ ೮ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 3.1.23.8 in Gujarati sript:
રક્ષઃપિશાચા દિકૃતા પીડા નાસ્ત્યેવ કર્હિચિત્ ।
સ્નાત્વાસ્મિન્પાવને તીર્થે છિન્નપાણિઃ પુરા રવિઃ ।
સ હિરણ્યમયૌ પાણી લબ્ધવાંસ્તીર્થવૈભવાત્ ॥ ૮ ॥

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 3.1.23.8 in Malayalam sript:
രക്ഷഃപിശാചാ ദികൃതാ പീഡാ നാസ്ത്യേവ കര്ഹിചിത് ।
സ്നാത്വാസ്മിന്പാവനേ തീര്ഥേ ഛിന്നപാണിഃ പുരാ രവിഃ ।
സ ഹിരണ്യമയൌ പാണീ ലബ്ധവാംസ്തീര്ഥവൈഭവാത് ॥ ൮ ॥

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