Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 5.2.42.4 (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 5.2.42.4

मेरुकूटतटान्तेभ्यो निपतन्ती यशस्विनी ।
विकीर्यमाणसलिला निरालंबा पपात सा ॥ ४ ॥

merukūṭataṭāntebhyo nipatantī yaśasvinī |
vikīryamāṇasalilā nirālaṃbā papāta sā || 4 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 5.2.42.4 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 (5.2.42.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Merukuta, Tata, Tad, Nipa, Tanti, Yashasvin, Yashasvini, Yashasvi, Vij, Iryamana, Salila, Niralamba,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 5.2.42.4). 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: “merukūṭataṭāntebhyo nipatantī yaśasvinī
  • merukūṭa -
  • merukūṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    merukūṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taṭān -
  • taṭa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tebhyo* -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • nipa -
  • nipa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nipa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tantī -
  • tantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    tanti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tanti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • yaśasvinī -
  • yaśasvinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    yaśasvin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaśasvī (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “vikīryamāṇasalilā nirālaṃbā papāta
  • vik -
  • vij (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • īryamāṇa -
  • īr -> īryamāṇa (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √īr]
    īr -> īryamāṇa (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √īr]
    īr -> īryamāṇa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √īr class 2 verb], [vocative single from √īr]
    īr -> īryamāṇa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √īr class 2 verb], [vocative single from √īr]
  • salilā* -
  • salila (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    salilā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nirālambā -
  • nirālambā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • papāta -
  • (verb class 3)
    [imperative active second plural]
    pat (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    pat (verb class 4)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 5.2.42.4

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 5.2.42.4 in Bengali sript:
মেরুকূটতটান্তেভ্যো নিপতন্তী যশস্বিনী ।
বিকীর্যমাণসলিলা নিরালংবা পপাত সা ॥ ৪ ॥

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 5.2.42.4 in Kannada sript:
ಮೇರುಕೂಟತಟಾನ್ತೇಭ್ಯೋ ನಿಪತನ್ತೀ ಯಶಸ್ವಿನೀ ।
ವಿಕೀರ್ಯಮಾಣಸಲಿಲಾ ನಿರಾಲಂಬಾ ಪಪಾತ ಸಾ ॥ ೪ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 5.2.42.4 in Gujarati sript:
મેરુકૂટતટાન્તેભ્યો નિપતન્તી યશસ્વિની ।
વિકીર્યમાણસલિલા નિરાલંબા પપાત સા ॥ ૪ ॥

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 5.2.42.4 in Malayalam sript:
മേരുകൂടതടാന്തേഭ്യോ നിപതന്തീ യശസ്വിനീ ।
വികീര്യമാണസലിലാ നിരാലംബാ പപാത സാ ॥ ൪ ॥

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