Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 5.2.63.49 (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 5.2.63.49

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तीर्थानां च यथा गंगा रक्षिता योधसत्तमैः ।
तथायं रक्षको देवो नाम्ना धनुःसहस्रकः ॥ ४९ ॥

tīrthānāṃ ca yathā gaṃgā rakṣitā yodhasattamaiḥ |
tathāyaṃ rakṣako devo nāmnā dhanuḥsahasrakaḥ || 49 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 5.2.63.49 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 (5.2.63.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tirtha, Yatha, Ganga, Rakshita, Yodha, Sattama, Tatha, Aya, Idam, Rakshaka, Deva, Devri, Namna, Naman, Dhanu, Dhanus, Sahasraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 5.2.63.49). 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: “tīrthānāṃ ca yathā gaṃgā rakṣitā yodhasattamaiḥ ”
tīrthānām -
tīrtha (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gaṅgā* -
gaṅga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gaṅgā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
rakṣitā* -
rakṣita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

rakṣitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√rakṣ -> rakṣita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √rakṣ], [vocative plural from √rakṣ]

√rakṣ -> rakṣitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √rakṣ], [vocative plural from √rakṣ], [accusative plural from √rakṣ]
yodha -
yodha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sattamaiḥ -
sattama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

sattama (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “tathāyaṃ rakṣako devo nāmnā dhanuḥsahasrakaḥ ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rakṣako* -
rakṣaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
devo* -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

devṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
nāmnā -
nāmnā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nāman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
dhanuḥ -
dhanus (noun, neuter)

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

dhanu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

dhanu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sahasrakaḥ -
sahasraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]