Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 4.1.27.140 (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 4.1.27.140

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स्वाहांतः प्रणावादिश्च भवेद्विंशाक्षरो मनुः ।
पूजादानं जपो होमो ऽनेनैव मनुना स्मृतः ॥ १४० ॥

svāhāṃtaḥ praṇāvādiśca bhavedviṃśākṣaro manuḥ |
pūjādānaṃ japo homo 'nenaiva manunā smṛtaḥ || 140 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 4.1.27.140 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 (4.1.27.140). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svaha, Tas, Prana, Adi, Vimsha, Akshara, Manu, Manus, Puja, Ana, Japa, Homa, Anena, Idam, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 4.1.27.140). 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: “svāhāṃtaḥ praṇāvādiśca bhavedviṃśākṣaro manuḥ ”
svāhān -
svāha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
praṇāvā -
praṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ādiś -
ādi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ādi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
viṃśā -
viṃśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viṃśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
akṣaro* -
akṣara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṣar (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
manuḥ -
manus (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

manu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

manu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “pūjādānaṃ japo homo 'nenaiva manunā smṛtaḥ ”
pūjād -
pūja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

pūja (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ānam -
āna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√an (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first single]
japo* -
japa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
homo' -
homa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anenai -
anena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

anenā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
manunā -
manu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

manu (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]