Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 6.1.18.29 (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 6.1.18.29

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राजोवाच ।
केन कर्मविपाकेन प्रेतत्वं जायते नृणाम् ।
एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व मांसाद मम पृच्छतः ॥ २९ ॥

rājovāca |
kena karmavipākena pretatvaṃ jāyate nṛṇām |
etanme sarvamācakṣva māṃsāda mama pṛcchataḥ || 29 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 6.1.18.29 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 (6.1.18.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raja, Rajan, Raj, Kena, Kah, Kim, Karmavipaka, Ina, Pretatva, Jayat, Nri, Etad, Asmad, Sarvam, Sarva, Aca, Mamsada, Pricchat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 6.1.18.29). 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: “rājovāca ”
rājo -
rāja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

rāj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rāj (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√rāj (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: “kena karmavipākena pretatvaṃ jāyate nṛṇām ”
kena -
kena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
karmavipāke -
karmavipāka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
ina -
ina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pretatvam -
pretatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative 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]
nṛṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
Line 3: “etanme sarvamācakṣva māṃsāda mama pṛcchataḥ ”
etan -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
sarvam -
sarvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
āca -
āca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ac (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
kṣva -
māṃsāda -
māṃsāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

māṃsāda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mama -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
pṛcchataḥ -
√praś -> pṛcchat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √praś class 6 verb], [ablative single from √praś class 6 verb], [genitive single from √praś class 6 verb]

√praś -> pṛcchat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √praś class 6 verb], [genitive single from √praś class 6 verb]

pṛcchat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

pṛcchat (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

pṛcchat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√praś (verb class 6)

[present active third dual]