Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 5.3.16.12 (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 5.3.16.12

श्रीब्रह्मोवाच ।
स एष कालस्त्रिदिवं त्वशेषं संहर्तुकामो जगदक्षयात्मा ।
पूर्णे च शेते परिवत्सराणां भविष्यतीशानविभुर्न चित्रम् ॥ १२ ॥

śrībrahmovāca |
sa eṣa kālastridivaṃ tvaśeṣaṃ saṃhartukāmo jagadakṣayātmā |
pūrṇe ca śete parivatsarāṇāṃ bhaviṣyatīśānavibhurna citram || 12 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 5.3.16.12 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 (5.3.16.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Brahma, Brahman, Sah, Esha, Kala, Tridiva, Tva, Ashesham, Ashesha, Kama, Jagada, Kshaya, Asmad, Purna, Purni, Parivatsara, Bhavishyat, Ishana, Vibhu, Citram, Citra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 5.3.16.12). 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: “śrībrahmovāca
  • śrī -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • brahmo -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second 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: “sa eṣa kālastridivaṃ tvaśeṣaṃ saṃhartukāmo jagadakṣayātmā
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kālas -
  • kāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tridivam -
  • tridiva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tridivā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tva -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aśeṣam -
  • aśeṣam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aśeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśeṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aśeṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śiṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hartu -
  • hartu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kāmo* -
  • kāma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jagada -
  • jagada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gad (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural]
  • kṣayāt -
  • kṣaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kṣaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 3: “pūrṇe ca śete parivatsarāṇāṃ bhaviṣyatīśānavibhurna citram
  • pūrṇe -
  • pūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pūrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pūrṇi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]
    pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]
    pṝ -> pūrṇā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śete -
  • śī (verb class 2)
    [present middle third single]
  • parivatsarāṇām -
  • parivatsara (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • bhaviṣyatī -
  • bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
  • īśāna -
  • īśāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    īśāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    īś -> īśāna (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √īś class 2 verb]
    īś -> īśāna (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √īś class 2 verb]
  • vibhur -
  • vibhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vibhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • citram -
  • citram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    citra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    citra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    citrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 5.3.16.12

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 5.3.16.12 in Bengali sript:
শ্রীব্রহ্মোবাচ ।
স এষ কালস্ত্রিদিবং ত্বশেষং সংহর্তুকামো জগদক্ষযাত্মা ।
পূর্ণে চ শেতে পরিবত্সরাণাং ভবিষ্যতীশানবিভুর্ন চিত্রম্ ॥ ১২ ॥

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 5.3.16.12 in Kannada sript:
ಶ್ರೀಬ್ರಹ್ಮೋವಾಚ ।
ಸ ಏಷ ಕಾಲಸ್ತ್ರಿದಿವಂ ತ್ವಶೇಷಂ ಸಂಹರ್ತುಕಾಮೋ ಜಗದಕ್ಷಯಾತ್ಮಾ ।
ಪೂರ್ಣೇ ಚ ಶೇತೇ ಪರಿವತ್ಸರಾಣಾಂ ಭವಿಷ್ಯತೀಶಾನವಿಭುರ್ನ ಚಿತ್ರಮ್ ॥ ೧೨ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 5.3.16.12 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીબ્રહ્મોવાચ ।
સ એષ કાલસ્ત્રિદિવં ત્વશેષં સંહર્તુકામો જગદક્ષયાત્મા ।
પૂર્ણે ચ શેતે પરિવત્સરાણાં ભવિષ્યતીશાનવિભુર્ન ચિત્રમ્ ॥ ૧૨ ॥

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 5.3.16.12 in Malayalam sript:
ശ്രീബ്രഹ്മോവാച ।
സ ഏഷ കാലസ്ത്രിദിവം ത്വശേഷം സംഹര്തുകാമോ ജഗദക്ഷയാത്മാ ।
പൂര്ണേ ച ശേതേ പരിവത്സരാണാം ഭവിഷ്യതീശാനവിഭുര്ന ചിത്രമ് ॥ ൧൨ ॥

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