Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 6.1.78.3 (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 6.1.78.3

पश्चिमे वालखिल्यैश्च जपस्नानपरायणैः ।
तत्राश्चर्यमभूद्यद्वै पूर्वं ब्राह्मण सत्तमाः ।
आश्रमे चतुरास्यस्य तद्वो वक्ष्यामि सांप्रतम् ॥ ३ ॥

paścime vālakhilyaiśca japasnānaparāyaṇaiḥ |
tatrāścaryamabhūdyadvai pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇa sattamāḥ |
āśrame caturāsyasya tadvo vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam || 3 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 6.1.78.3 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 (6.1.78.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pashcime, Pashcima, Valakhilya, Japa, Snana, Parayana, Tatra, Ashcaryam, Ashcarya, Purvam, Purva, Brahmana, Sattama, Ashrama, Caturasya, Sampratam, Samprata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 6.1.78.3). 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: “paścime vālakhilyaiśca japasnānaparāyaṇaiḥ
  • paścime -
  • paścime (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paścima (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    paścima (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    paścimā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vālakhilyaiś -
  • vālakhilya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • japa -
  • japa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    japa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jap (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • snāna -
  • snāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parāyaṇaiḥ -
  • parāyaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    parāyaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “tatrāścaryamabhūdyadvai pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇa sattamāḥ
  • tatrā -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • āścaryam -
  • āścaryam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āścarya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āścarya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āścaryā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • abhūd -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [aorist active third single]
  • yadvai -
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • brāhmaṇa -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sattamāḥ -
  • sattama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sattamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 3: “āśrame caturāsyasya tadvo vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam
  • āśrame -
  • āśrama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    āśrama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • caturāsyasya -
  • caturāsya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    caturāsya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • tadvo -
  • vakṣyāmi -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [future active first single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [future active first single]
    vah (verb class 1)
    [future active first single]
  • sāmpratam -
  • sāmpratam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sāmprata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sāmprata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sāmpratā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 6.1.78.3

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 6.1.78.3 in Bengali sript:
পশ্চিমে বালখিল্যৈশ্চ জপস্নানপরাযণৈঃ ।
তত্রাশ্চর্যমভূদ্যদ্বৈ পূর্বং ব্রাহ্মণ সত্তমাঃ ।
আশ্রমে চতুরাস্যস্য তদ্বো বক্ষ্যামি সাংপ্রতম্ ॥ ৩ ॥

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 6.1.78.3 in Kannada sript:
ಪಶ್ಚಿಮೇ ವಾಲಖಿಲ್ಯೈಶ್ಚ ಜಪಸ್ನಾನಪರಾಯಣೈಃ ।
ತತ್ರಾಶ್ಚರ್ಯಮಭೂದ್ಯದ್ವೈ ಪೂರ್ವಂ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ ಸತ್ತಮಾಃ ।
ಆಶ್ರಮೇ ಚತುರಾಸ್ಯಸ್ಯ ತದ್ವೋ ವಕ್ಷ್ಯಾಮಿ ಸಾಂಪ್ರತಮ್ ॥ ೩ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 6.1.78.3 in Gujarati sript:
પશ્ચિમે વાલખિલ્યૈશ્ચ જપસ્નાનપરાયણૈઃ ।
તત્રાશ્ચર્યમભૂદ્યદ્વૈ પૂર્વં બ્રાહ્મણ સત્તમાઃ ।
આશ્રમે ચતુરાસ્યસ્ય તદ્વો વક્ષ્યામિ સાંપ્રતમ્ ॥ ૩ ॥

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 6.1.78.3 in Malayalam sript:
പശ്ചിമേ വാലഖില്യൈശ്ച ജപസ്നാനപരായണൈഃ ।
തത്രാശ്ചര്യമഭൂദ്യദ്വൈ പൂര്വം ബ്രാഹ്മണ സത്തമാഃ ।
ആശ്രമേ ചതുരാസ്യസ്യ തദ്വോ വക്ഷ്യാമി സാംപ്രതമ് ॥ ൩ ॥

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