Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 5.3.168.23 (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 5.3.168.23

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प्रोवाच राक्षसो वाक्यं देवदेवं महेश्वरम् ।
वरदं सोऽग्रतो दृष्ट्वा प्रणम्य च पुनःपुनः ॥ २३ ॥

provāca rākṣaso vākyaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram |
varadaṃ so'grato dṛṣṭvā praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ || 23 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 5.3.168.23 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 (5.3.168.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pra, Rakshasa, Vakya, Devadeva, Maheshvara, Varada, Sah, Agratah, Agratas, Prana, Puna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 5.3.168.23). 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: “provāca rākṣaso vākyaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram ”
pro -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
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]
rākṣaso* -
rākṣasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vākyam -
vākya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

√vac -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vak class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
devadevam -
devadeva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
maheśvaram -
maheśvara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “varadaṃ so'grato dṛṣṭvā praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ ”
varadam -
varada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

varada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

varadā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
agrato* -
agrataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

agratas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
praṇam -
praṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

praṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

praṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ya -
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]