Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 6.1.245.6 (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 6.1.245.6

महेश्वरश्च लिंगत्वं कथयेऽहं तवाऽनघ ।
पूर्वं प्रजापतिर्दक्षो ब्रह्मणोंऽगुष्ठ संभवः ॥ ५ ॥ ॥ ।
 तस्यासीद्दुहिता साध्वी सतीनाम्नी सुलक्षणा ।
हरेणोढा विधिज्ञेन वेदोक्तविधिना ततः ॥ ६ ॥

maheśvaraśca liṃgatvaṃ kathaye'haṃ tavā'nagha |
pūrvaṃ prajāpatirdakṣo brahmaṇoṃ'guṣṭha saṃbhavaḥ || 5 || || |
 tasyāsīdduhitā sādhvī satīnāmnī sulakṣaṇā |
hareṇoḍhā vidhijñena vedoktavidhinā tataḥ || 6 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 6.1.245.6 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 (6.1.245.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Maheshvara, Lingatva, Aha, Asmad, Anagha, Purvam, Purva, Prajapati, Sambhava, Sambhu, Sadhvi, Sadhvin, Sati, Satina, Sulakshana, Hara, Harenu, Udha, Vidhijna, Vedoktavidhi, Tatah, Tad, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 6.1.245.6). 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: “maheśvaraśca liṃgatvaṃ kathaye'haṃ tavā'nagha
  • maheśvaraś -
  • maheśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • liṅgatvam -
  • liṅgatva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kathaye' -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present middle first single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • ta -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • vā' -
  • anagha -
  • anagha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anagha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “pūrvaṃ prajāpatirdakṣo brahmaṇoṃ'guṣṭha saṃbhavaḥ || 5 || ||
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prajāpatir -
  • prajāpati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dakṣo* -
  • Cannot analyse brahmaṇoṃ'guṣṭha*sa
  • sambhavaḥ -
  • sambhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sambhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sambhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 5
  • Line 3: “ tasyāsīdduhitā sādhvī satīnāmnī sulakṣaṇā
  • Cannot analyse *tasyāsīdduhitā*sā
  • sādhvī -
  • sādhvī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sādhvin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • satīnām -
  • satī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    satīnā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sulakṣaṇā -
  • sulakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 4: “hareṇoḍhā vidhijñena vedoktavidhinā tataḥ
  • hareṇo -
  • hara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    hara (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    hareṇu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    hareṇu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • uḍhā* -
  • uḍha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vidhijñena -
  • vidhijña (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vidhijña (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • vedoktavidhinā -
  • vedoktavidhi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vedoktavidhi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 6.1.245.6

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 6.1.245.6 in Bengali sript:
মহেশ্বরশ্চ লিংগত্বং কথযেঽহং তবাঽনঘ ।
পূর্বং প্রজাপতির্দক্ষো ব্রহ্মণোংঽগুষ্ঠ সংভবঃ ॥ ৫ ॥ ॥ ।
 তস্যাসীদ্দুহিতা সাধ্বী সতীনাম্নী সুলক্ষণা ।
হরেণোঢা বিধিজ্ঞেন বেদোক্তবিধিনা ততঃ ॥ ৬ ॥

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 6.1.245.6 in Kannada sript:
ಮಹೇಶ್ವರಶ್ಚ ಲಿಂಗತ್ವಂ ಕಥಯೇಽಹಂ ತವಾಽನಘ ।
ಪೂರ್ವಂ ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿರ್ದಕ್ಷೋ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣೋಂಽಗುಷ್ಠ ಸಂಭವಃ ॥ ೫ ॥ ॥ ।
 ತಸ್ಯಾಸೀದ್ದುಹಿತಾ ಸಾಧ್ವೀ ಸತೀನಾಮ್ನೀ ಸುಲಕ್ಷಣಾ ।
ಹರೇಣೋಢಾ ವಿಧಿಜ್ಞೇನ ವೇದೋಕ್ತವಿಧಿನಾ ತತಃ ॥ ೬ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 6.1.245.6 in Gujarati sript:
મહેશ્વરશ્ચ લિંગત્વં કથયેઽહં તવાઽનઘ ।
પૂર્વં પ્રજાપતિર્દક્ષો બ્રહ્મણોંઽગુષ્ઠ સંભવઃ ॥ ૫ ॥ ॥ ।
 તસ્યાસીદ્દુહિતા સાધ્વી સતીનામ્ની સુલક્ષણા ।
હરેણોઢા વિધિજ્ઞેન વેદોક્તવિધિના તતઃ ॥ ૬ ॥

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 6.1.245.6 in Malayalam sript:
മഹേശ്വരശ്ച ലിംഗത്വം കഥയേഽഹം തവാഽനഘ ।
പൂര്വം പ്രജാപതിര്ദക്ഷോ ബ്രഹ്മണോംഽഗുഷ്ഠ സംഭവഃ ॥ ൫ ॥ ॥ ।
 തസ്യാസീദ്ദുഹിതാ സാധ്വീ സതീനാമ്നീ സുലക്ഷണാ ।
ഹരേണോഢാ വിധിജ്ഞേന വേദോക്തവിധിനാ തതഃ ॥ ൬ ॥

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