Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 4.2.5.36 (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 4.2.5.36

वाचि वाराणसी येषां श्रुतौ वैश्वेश्वरी कथा ।
त एव काशी लिंगानि वराण्यर्च्यान्यहं यथा ॥ ३६ ॥

vāci vārāṇasī yeṣāṃ śrutau vaiśveśvarī kathā |
ta eva kāśī liṃgāni varāṇyarcyānyahaṃ yathā || 36 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 4.2.5.36 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 (4.2.5.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vac, Vaci, Vacin, Varanasi, Yah, Yat, Shrut, Shruta, Shruti, Vaishva, Ishvari, Katha, Tas, Eva, Kashi, Kashin, Linga, Vara, Arcya, Aha, Asmad, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 4.2.5.36). 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: “vāci vārāṇasī yeṣāṃ śrutau vaiśveśvarī kathā
  • vāci -
  • vācī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vācin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vācin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vāc (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • vārāṇasī -
  • vārāṇasī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • yeṣām -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • śrutau -
  • śrut (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śrut (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śruta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śruti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √śru class 5 verb]
  • vaiśve -
  • vaiśva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    vaiśva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • īśvarī -
  • īśvarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • kathā -
  • kathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ta eva kāśī liṃgāni varāṇyarcyānyahaṃ yathā
  • ta* -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāśī -
  • kāśī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    kāśi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kāśi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kāśin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • liṅgāni -
  • liṅga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    liṅg (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • varāṇya -
  • vara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • arcyānya -
  • arcya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    ṛc -> arcya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √ṛc], [vocative plural from √ṛc], [accusative plural from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √ṛc], [vocative plural from √ṛc], [accusative plural from √ṛc]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 4.2.5.36

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 4.2.5.36 in Bengali sript:
বাচি বারাণসী যেষাং শ্রুতৌ বৈশ্বেশ্বরী কথা ।
ত এব কাশী লিংগানি বরাণ্যর্চ্যান্যহং যথা ॥ ৩৬ ॥

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 4.2.5.36 in Kannada sript:
ವಾಚಿ ವಾರಾಣಸೀ ಯೇಷಾಂ ಶ್ರುತೌ ವೈಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರೀ ಕಥಾ ।
ತ ಏವ ಕಾಶೀ ಲಿಂಗಾನಿ ವರಾಣ್ಯರ್ಚ್ಯಾನ್ಯಹಂ ಯಥಾ ॥ ೩೬ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 4.2.5.36 in Gujarati sript:
વાચિ વારાણસી યેષાં શ્રુતૌ વૈશ્વેશ્વરી કથા ।
ત એવ કાશી લિંગાનિ વરાણ્યર્ચ્યાન્યહં યથા ॥ ૩૬ ॥

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 4.2.5.36 in Malayalam sript:
വാചി വാരാണസീ യേഷാം ശ്രുതൌ വൈശ്വേശ്വരീ കഥാ ।
ത ഏവ കാശീ ലിംഗാനി വരാണ്യര്ച്യാന്യഹം യഥാ ॥ ൩൬ ॥

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