Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 3.2.20.1 (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 3.2.20.1

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व्यास उवाच ।
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि शिवतीर्थमनुत्तमम् ।
यत्रासौ शंकरो देवः पुनर्जन्मधरोऽभवत् ॥ १ ॥

vyāsa uvāca |
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi śivatīrthamanuttamam |
yatrāsau śaṃkaro devaḥ punarjanmadharo'bhavat || 1 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 3.2.20.1 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 (3.2.20.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vyasa, Atah, Param, Para, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Shivatirtha, Anuttama, Yatra, Asi, Asu, Adah, Shankara, Deva, Devri, Punarjanman, Dhara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 3.2.20.1). 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: “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 2: “ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi śivatīrthamanuttamam ”
ataḥ -
ataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
prava -
prava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣyā -
kṣi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
ami -
amin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

amin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śivatīrtham -
śivatīrtha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
anuttamam -
anuttama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anuttama (noun, neuter)

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

anuttamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 3: “yatrāsau śaṃkaro devaḥ punarjanmadharo'bhavat ”
yatrā -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śaṅkaro* -
śaṅkara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
devaḥ -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

devṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
punarjanma -
punarjanman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

punarjanman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dharo' -
dhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
abhavat -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]