Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 5.1.5.15 (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 5.1.5.15

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नागवृक्षाः क्वचित्पुष्पैर्भ्रमरालीनकेस रैः ।
नयनैरिव शोभंते धवलैः कृष्णतारकैः ॥ १५ ॥

nāgavṛkṣāḥ kvacitpuṣpairbhramarālīnakesa raiḥ |
nayanairiva śobhaṃte dhavalaiḥ kṛṣṇatārakaiḥ || 15 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 5.1.5.15 is contained in the book The Skanda-Purana by G. V. Tagare. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
Read online Buy now! The English translation by G. V. Tagare (2007)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.1.5.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nagavriksha, Kva, Acit, Pushpa, Bhramara, Alinaka, Nayana, Iva, Dhavala, Krishnataraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 5.1.5.15). 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: “nāgavṛkṣāḥ kvacitpuṣpairbhramarālīnakesa raiḥ ”
nāgavṛkṣāḥ -
nāgavṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
kva -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
acit -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
puṣpair -
puṣpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

puṣpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
bhramarā -
bhramara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhramarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ālīnake -
ālīnaka (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
raiḥ -
ra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “nayanairiva śobhaṃte dhavalaiḥ kṛṣṇatārakaiḥ ”
nayanair -
nayana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

nayana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śobhante -
√śubh (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]
dhavalaiḥ -
dhavala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dhavala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
kṛṣṇatārakai -
kṛṣṇatārakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]