Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 6.1.260.1 (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 6.1.260.1

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गालव उवाच ।
इति ते कथितं सर्वं शालग्रामकथानकम् ।
महेश्वरस्य चोत्पत्तिर्यथा लिंगत्वमाप सः ॥ १ ॥

gālava uvāca |
iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ śālagrāmakathānakam |
maheśvarasya cotpattiryathā liṃgatvamāpa saḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 6.1.260.1 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 (6.1.260.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Galava, Iti, Tad, Yushmad, Kathita, Sarvam, Sarva, Shalagrama, Kathanaka, Maheshvara, Utpatti, Yatha, Lingatva, Apa, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 6.1.260.1). 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: “gālava uvāca ”
gālava* -
gālava (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: “iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ śālagrāmakathānakam ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
kathitam -
kathita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kathita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

kathitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kath -> kathita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]

√kath -> kathita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kath class 10 verb], [accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]
sarvam -
sarvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śālagrāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kathānakam -
kathānaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 3: “maheśvarasya cotpattiryathā liṃgatvamāpa saḥ ”
maheśvarasya -
maheśvara (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
co -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
utpattir -
utpatti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
liṅgatvam -
liṅgatva (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

āpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√āp (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]