Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 7.1.204.18 (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 7.1.204.18

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सत्यमेव मया देवि जाह्नवी शिरसा धृता ।
याः काश्चित्सरितो लोके तासां पुण्या सरस्वती ॥ १८ ॥

satyameva mayā devi jāhnavī śirasā dhṛtā |
yāḥ kāścitsarito loke tāsāṃ puṇyā sarasvatī || 18 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 7.1.204.18 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 (7.1.204.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Satyam, Satya, Eva, Maya, Devi, Devin, Jahnavi, Shiras, Dhrit, Dhrita, Cit, Sarit, Sarita, Loka, Punya, Sarasvat, Sarasvati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 7.1.204.18). 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: “satyameva mayā devi jāhnavī śirasā dhṛtā ”
satyam -
satyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

satya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

satya (noun, neuter)

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

satyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mayā* -
maya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
devi -
devī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

devin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

devin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
jāhnavī -
jāhnavī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

jāhnavi (noun, masculine)

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

jāhnavi (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śirasā -
śiras (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
dhṛtā -
dhṛt (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

dhṛt (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

dhṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yāḥ kāścitsarito loke tāsāṃ puṇyā sarasvatī ”
yāḥ -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
kāś -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sarito* -
sarit (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sarita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
tāsām -
sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
puṇyā -
puṇyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√puṇ -> puṇyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
sarasvatī -
sarasvatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sarasvat (noun, neuter)

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