Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 6.1.119.2 (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 6.1.119.2

ऋषय ऊचुः ।
यत्वया सूतज प्रोक्तं देवी कात्यायनी च सा ।
महिषांतकरी जाता कथं सा मे प्रकीर्तय॥ ।
कीदृग्दानववर्यः स माहिषं रूपमाश्रितः ।
कस्मात्स सूदितो देव्या तन्मे विस्तरतो वद ॥ २ ॥

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
yatvayā sūtaja proktaṃ devī kātyāyanī ca sā |
mahiṣāṃtakarī jātā kathaṃ sā me prakīrtaya || |
kīdṛgdānavavaryaḥ sa māhiṣaṃ rūpamāśritaḥ |
kasmātsa sūdito devyā tanme vistarato vada || 2 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 6.1.119.2 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 (6.1.119.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rishi, Yatva, Sutaja, Prokta, Devi, Devin, Katyayani, Mahisha, Takari, Jatri, Jata, Katham, Katha, Asmad, Pra, Kidrish, Danavavarya, Rupa, Ashrita, Kasmat, Kah, Kim, Suditri, Sudita, Devya, Vistaratah, Vada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 6.1.119.2). 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: “ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
  • ṛṣaya* -
  • ṛṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ūcuḥ -
  • uc (verb class 4)
    [perfect active third plural]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [perfect active third plural]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • Line 2: “yatvayā sūtaja proktaṃ devī kātyāyanī ca
  • yatva -
  • yatva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sūtaja -
  • sūtaja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • proktam -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prokta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • devī -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    devin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kātyāyanī -
  • kātyāyanī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “mahiṣāṃtakarī jātā kathaṃ me prakīrtaya ||
  • mahiṣān -
  • mahiṣa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • takarī -
  • takarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    takari (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • jātā -
  • jātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    jātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    jan -> jātā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    jan (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    jan (verb class 2)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    jan (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kīrtaya -
  • kīrt (verb class 10)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 4: “kīdṛgdānavavaryaḥ sa māhiṣaṃ rūpamāśritaḥ
  • kīdṛg -
  • kīdṛś (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kīdṛś (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dānavavaryaḥ -
  • dānavavarya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • māhiṣam -
  • māhiṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māhiṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rūpam -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rūpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āśritaḥ -
  • āśrita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 5: “kasmātsa sūdito devyā tanme vistarato vada
  • kasmāt -
  • kasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sūdito* -
  • sūditṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    sūdita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sūd -> sūdita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sūd class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sūd class 10 verb]
  • devyā -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    dīv -> devyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √dīv]
  • tanme -
  • vistarato* -
  • vistarataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vada -
  • vada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 6.1.119.2

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 6.1.119.2 in Bengali sript:
ঋষয ঊচুঃ ।
যত্বযা সূতজ প্রোক্তং দেবী কাত্যাযনী চ সা ।
মহিষাংতকরী জাতা কথং সা মে প্রকীর্তয ॥ ।
কীদৃগ্দানববর্যঃ স মাহিষং রূপমাশ্রিতঃ ।
কস্মাত্স সূদিতো দেব্যা তন্মে বিস্তরতো বদ ॥ ২ ॥

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 6.1.119.2 in Kannada sript:
ಋಷಯ ಊಚುಃ ।
ಯತ್ವಯಾ ಸೂತಜ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತಂ ದೇವೀ ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯನೀ ಚ ಸಾ ।
ಮಹಿಷಾಂತಕರೀ ಜಾತಾ ಕಥಂ ಸಾ ಮೇ ಪ್ರಕೀರ್ತಯ ॥ ।
ಕೀದೃಗ್ದಾನವವರ್ಯಃ ಸ ಮಾಹಿಷಂ ರೂಪಮಾಶ್ರಿತಃ ।
ಕಸ್ಮಾತ್ಸ ಸೂದಿತೋ ದೇವ್ಯಾ ತನ್ಮೇ ವಿಸ್ತರತೋ ವದ ॥ ೨ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 6.1.119.2 in Gujarati sript:
ઋષય ઊચુઃ ।
યત્વયા સૂતજ પ્રોક્તં દેવી કાત્યાયની ચ સા ।
મહિષાંતકરી જાતા કથં સા મે પ્રકીર્તય ॥ ।
કીદૃગ્દાનવવર્યઃ સ માહિષં રૂપમાશ્રિતઃ ।
કસ્માત્સ સૂદિતો દેવ્યા તન્મે વિસ્તરતો વદ ॥ ૨ ॥

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 6.1.119.2 in Malayalam sript:
ഋഷയ ഊചുഃ ।
യത്വയാ സൂതജ പ്രോക്തം ദേവീ കാത്യായനീ ച സാ ।
മഹിഷാംതകരീ ജാതാ കഥം സാ മേ പ്രകീര്തയ ॥ ।
കീദൃഗ്ദാനവവര്യഃ സ മാഹിഷം രൂപമാശ്രിതഃ ।
കസ്മാത്സ സൂദിതോ ദേവ്യാ തന്മേ വിസ്തരതോ വദ ॥ ൨ ॥

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