Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 5.2.68.16 (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 5.2.68.16

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ब्राह्मण उवाच ।
कुतः पिशाच सौख्यं ते मरणं श्रेय एव ते ।
पैशाची कुत्सिता योनिः पापिनामेव जायते ॥ १६ ॥

brāhmaṇa uvāca |
kutaḥ piśāca saukhyaṃ te maraṇaṃ śreya eva te |
paiśācī kutsitā yoniḥ pāpināmeva jāyate || 16 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 5.2.68.16 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 (5.2.68.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Kutah, Kuta, Pishaca, Saukhya, Tad, Yushmad, Marana, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Eva, Paishaci, Kutsita, Yah, Nih, Papin, Jayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 5.2.68.16). 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: “brāhmaṇa uvāca ”
brāhmaṇa* -
brāhmaṇa (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: “kutaḥ piśāca saukhyaṃ te maraṇaṃ śreya eva te ”
kutaḥ -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
piśāca -
piśāca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
saukhyam -
saukhya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
maraṇam -
maraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śreya* -
śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śreyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

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

√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
Line 3: “paiśācī kutsitā yoniḥ pāpināmeva jāyate ”
paiśācī -
paiśācī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
kutsitā* -
kutsita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kutsitā (noun, feminine)

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

√kuts -> kutsita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kuts class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kuts class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kuts class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √kuts class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √kuts class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √kuts class 10 verb]

√kuts -> kutsitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kuts class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kuts class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kuts class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kuts class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √kuts class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √kuts class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √kuts class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √kuts class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √kuts class 10 verb]
yo -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
niḥ -
niḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

niḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
pāpinām -
pāpin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

pāpin (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jāyate -
√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third single]