Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 5.1.68.18 (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 5.1.68.18

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नास्तिको देवतीर्थेषु परद्रव्यापहारकः ।
परस्त्रीषु रतो नित्यं द्यूतवादी च तस्करः ॥ १८ ॥

nāstiko devatīrtheṣu paradravyāpahārakaḥ |
parastrīṣu rato nityaṃ dyūtavādī ca taskaraḥ || 18 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 5.1.68.18 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 (5.1.68.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nastika, Devatirtha, Paradravyapaharaka, Parastri, Rata, Nityam, Nitya, Dyuta, Vadi, Vadin, Taskara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 5.1.68.18). 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: “nāstiko devatīrtheṣu paradravyāpahārakaḥ ”
nāstiko* -
nāstika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
devatīrtheṣu -
devatīrtha (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
paradravyāpahārakaḥ -
paradravyāpahāraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “parastrīṣu rato nityaṃ dyūtavādī ca taskaraḥ ”
parastrīṣu -
parastrī (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
rato* -
rata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ram -> rata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √ram class 1 verb]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dyūta -
dyūta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vādī -
vādī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

vādī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

vādi (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

vādi (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

vādin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
taskaraḥ -
taskara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]