Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 5.3.132.4 (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 5.3.132.4

उपवासपरो भूत्वा द्वादश्यां नृपसत्तम ।
वृषलाः पापकर्माणस्तथैवान्धपिशाचिनः ॥ ४ ॥

upavāsaparo bhūtvā dvādaśyāṃ nṛpasattama |
vṛṣalāḥ pāpakarmāṇastathaivāndhapiśācinaḥ || 4 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 5.3.132.4 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 (5.3.132.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Upavasa, Parah, Para, Dvadashi, Nripa, Sattama, Vrishala, Papakarman, Tatha, Eva, Dha, Pishaci, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 5.3.132.4). 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: “upavāsaparo bhūtvā dvādaśyāṃ nṛpasattama
  • upavāsa -
  • upavāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paro* -
  • paraḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhūtvā -
  • bhū -> bhūtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhū]
  • dvādaśyām -
  • dvādaśī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • nṛpa -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sattama -
  • sattama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sattama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “vṛṣalāḥ pāpakarmāṇastathaivāndhapiśācinaḥ
  • vṛṣalāḥ -
  • vṛṣala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • pāpakarmāṇas -
  • pāpakarman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tathai -
  • 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]
  • evān -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dha -
  • dha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • piśāci -
  • piśāci (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    piśācī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • naḥ -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 5.3.132.4

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 5.3.132.4 in Bengali sript:
উপবাসপরো ভূত্বা দ্বাদশ্যাং নৃপসত্তম ।
বৃষলাঃ পাপকর্মাণস্তথৈবান্ধপিশাচিনঃ ॥ 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 5.3.132.4 in Kannada sript:
ಉಪವಾಸಪರೋ ಭೂತ್ವಾ ದ್ವಾದಶ್ಯಾಂ ನೃಪಸತ್ತಮ ।
ವೃಷಲಾಃ ಪಾಪಕರ್ಮಾಣಸ್ತಥೈವಾನ್ಧಪಿಶಾಚಿನಃ ॥ ೪ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 5.3.132.4 in Gujarati sript:
ઉપવાસપરો ભૂત્વા દ્વાદશ્યાં નૃપસત્તમ ।
વૃષલાઃ પાપકર્માણસ્તથૈવાન્ધપિશાચિનઃ ॥ 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 5.3.132.4 in Malayalam sript:
ഉപവാസപരോ ഭൂത്വാ ദ്വാദശ്യാം നൃപസത്തമ ।
വൃഷലാഃ പാപകര്മാണസ്തഥൈവാന്ധപിശാചിനഃ ॥ ൪ ॥

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