Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 4.2.47.3 (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 4.2.47.3

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स्कंद उवाच ।
अयमेव हि वै प्रश्नो देव्यै देवेन भोस्तदा ।
यादृशः कथितो वच्मि तादृशं शृणु कुंभज ॥ ३ ॥

skaṃda uvāca |
ayameva hi vai praśno devyai devena bhostadā |
yādṛśaḥ kathito vacmi tādṛśaṃ śṛṇu kuṃbhaja || 3 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 4.2.47.3 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 (4.2.47.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Skanda, Aya, Idam, Eva, Prashna, Devi, Deva, Bha, Bhu, Tada, Yadrish, Yadrisha, Kathita, Tadrish, Tadrisha, Kumbhaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 4.2.47.3). 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: “skaṃda uvāca ”
skanda* -
skanda (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: “ayameva hi vai praśno devyai devena bhostadā ”
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
praśno* -
praśna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
devyai -
devī (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

√div (verb class 10)

[imperative passive first single]

√dīv (verb class 0)

[imperative passive first single]
devena -
deva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

deva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
bhos -
bhā (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

bhu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

bhu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tadā -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “yādṛśaḥ kathito vacmi tādṛśaṃ śṛṇu kuṃbhaja ”
yādṛśaḥ -
yādṛś (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yādṛś (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yādṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kathito* -
kathita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kath -> kathita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kath class 10 verb]
vacmi -
√vac (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
tādṛśam -
tādṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tādṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

tādṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tādṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
śṛṇu -
√śru (verb class 5)

[imperative active second single]
kumbhaja -
kumbhaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kumbhaja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]