Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 6.1.26.18 (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 6.1.26.18

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यम उवाच ।
असंख्या नरका विप्र यथा प्राणिगणाः क्षितौ ।
कृत्स्नशः कथितुं शक्या नैववर्षशतैरपि ॥ १८ ॥

yama uvāca |
asaṃkhyā narakā vipra yathā prāṇigaṇāḥ kṣitau |
kṛtsnaśaḥ kathituṃ śakyā naivavarṣaśatairapi || 18 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 6.1.26.18 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 (6.1.26.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yama, Asankhya, Naraka, Vipra, Yatha, Pranigana, Kshit, Kshita, Kshiti, Kritsnashah, Kritsnashas, Shakya, Naiva, Varshashata, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 6.1.26.18). 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: “yama uvāca ”
yama* -
yama (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: “asaṃkhyā narakā vipra yathā prāṇigaṇāḥ kṣitau ”
asaṅkhyā* -
asaṅkhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

asaṅkhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
narakā* -
naraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vipra -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vipra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
prāṇigaṇāḥ -
prāṇigaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
kṣitau -
kṣit (noun, masculine)

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

kṣita (noun, masculine)

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

kṣiti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

kṣiti (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√kṣī -> kṣita (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb]
Line 3: “kṛtsnaśaḥ kathituṃ śakyā naivavarṣaśatairapi ”
kṛtsnaśaḥ -
kṛtsnaśaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṛtsnaśas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse kathitum*śa
śakyā* -
śakya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śakyā (noun, feminine)

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

√śak -> śakya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak -> śakyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √śak class 5 verb]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
varṣaśatair -
varṣaśata (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]