Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 4.1.12.15 (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 4.1.12.15

अंत्यजा अपि ये केचिद्दयाधर्मानुसारिणः ।
परोपकृतिनिष्ठास्ते वसंत्यत्र तु सत्तमाः ॥ १५ ॥

aṃtyajā api ye keciddayādharmānusāriṇaḥ |
paropakṛtiniṣṭhāste vasaṃtyatra tu sattamāḥ || 15 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 4.1.12.15 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 (4.1.12.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Antyaja, Api, Yah, Yat, Kah, Kim, Cit, Daya, Dharmanusarin, Nishtha, Tad, Yushmad, Vasat, Vasanti, Atra, Sattama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 4.1.12.15). 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: “aṃtyajā api ye keciddayādharmānusāriṇaḥ
  • antyajā* -
  • antyaja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    antyajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cid -
  • 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]
  • dayā -
  • dayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • dharmānusāriṇaḥ -
  • dharmānusārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dharmānusārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “paropakṛtiniṣṭhāste vasaṃtyatra tu sattamāḥ
  • paropakṛti -
  • paropakṛti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • niṣṭhās -
  • niṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    niṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    niṣṭhā (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • vasantya -
  • vas -> vasat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √vas class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vas class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vas class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vas class 1 verb]
    vas -> vasantī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vas class 1 verb]
    vas (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sattamāḥ -
  • sattama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sattamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 4.1.12.15

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 4.1.12.15 in Bengali sript:
অংত্যজা অপি যে কেচিদ্দযাধর্মানুসারিণঃ ।
পরোপকৃতিনিষ্ঠাস্তে বসংত্যত্র তু সত্তমাঃ ॥ ১৫ ॥

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 4.1.12.15 in Kannada sript:
ಅಂತ್ಯಜಾ ಅಪಿ ಯೇ ಕೇಚಿದ್ದಯಾಧರ್ಮಾನುಸಾರಿಣಃ ।
ಪರೋಪಕೃತಿನಿಷ್ಠಾಸ್ತೇ ವಸಂತ್ಯತ್ರ ತು ಸತ್ತಮಾಃ ॥ ೧೫ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 4.1.12.15 in Gujarati sript:
અંત્યજા અપિ યે કેચિદ્દયાધર્માનુસારિણઃ ।
પરોપકૃતિનિષ્ઠાસ્તે વસંત્યત્ર તુ સત્તમાઃ ॥ ૧૫ ॥

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 4.1.12.15 in Malayalam sript:
അംത്യജാ അപി യേ കേചിദ്ദയാധര്മാനുസാരിണഃ ।
പരോപകൃതിനിഷ്ഠാസ്തേ വസംത്യത്ര തു സത്തമാഃ ॥ ൧൫ ॥

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