Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 7.1.208.5 (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 7.1.208.5

ईश्वर उवाच ।
वृथा जन्मानि चत्वारि यानि तानि निबोध मे ।
कुपुत्राणां वृथा जन्म ये च धर्मबहिष्कृताः ।
प्रवासं ये च गच्छंति परदाररताः सदा ॥ ५ ॥

īśvara uvāca |
vṛthā janmāni catvāri yāni tāni nibodha me |
kuputrāṇāṃ vṛthā janma ye ca dharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ |
pravāsaṃ ye ca gacchaṃti paradāraratāḥ sadā || 5 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 7.1.208.5 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 (7.1.208.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ishvara, Vritha, Janma, Janman, Catu, Ari, Arin, Yani, Yat, Tad, Tani, Bodha, Asmad, Kuputra, Yah, Dharma, Dharman, Bahishkrita, Pravasa, Gacchat, Paradara, Rata, Sada, Sad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 7.1.208.5). 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: “īśvara uvāca
  • īśvara* -
  • īśvara (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: “vṛthā janmāni catvāri yāni tāni nibodha me
  • vṛthā* -
  • vṛthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • janmāni -
  • janma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    janman (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • catvā -
  • catu (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ari -
  • ari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    arin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • yāni -
  • yānī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • tāni -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • bodha -
  • bodha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bodha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    budh (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • 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]
  • Line 3: “kuputrāṇāṃ vṛthā janma ye ca dharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ
  • kuputrāṇām -
  • kuputra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • vṛthā* -
  • vṛthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • janma -
  • janma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    janma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    janman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dharma -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bahiṣkṛtāḥ -
  • bahiṣkṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bahiṣkṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 4: “pravāsaṃ ye ca gacchaṃti paradāraratāḥ sadā
  • pravāsam -
  • pravāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gacchanti -
  • gacchat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    gam (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • paradāra -
  • paradāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ratāḥ -
  • rata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    ram -> rata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb]
    ram -> ratā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ram class 1 verb]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 7.1.208.5

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 7.1.208.5 in Bengali sript:
ঈশ্বর উবাচ ।
বৃথা জন্মানি চত্বারি যানি তানি নিবোধ মে ।
কুপুত্রাণাং বৃথা জন্ম যে চ ধর্মবহিষ্কৃতাঃ ।
প্রবাসং যে চ গচ্ছংতি পরদাররতাঃ সদা ॥ ৫ ॥

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 7.1.208.5 in Kannada sript:
ಈಶ್ವರ ಉವಾಚ ।
ವೃಥಾ ಜನ್ಮಾನಿ ಚತ್ವಾರಿ ಯಾನಿ ತಾನಿ ನಿಬೋಧ ಮೇ ।
ಕುಪುತ್ರಾಣಾಂ ವೃಥಾ ಜನ್ಮ ಯೇ ಚ ಧರ್ಮಬಹಿಷ್ಕೃತಾಃ ।
ಪ್ರವಾಸಂ ಯೇ ಚ ಗಚ್ಛಂತಿ ಪರದಾರರತಾಃ ಸದಾ ॥ ೫ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 7.1.208.5 in Gujarati sript:
ઈશ્વર ઉવાચ ।
વૃથા જન્માનિ ચત્વારિ યાનિ તાનિ નિબોધ મે ।
કુપુત્રાણાં વૃથા જન્મ યે ચ ધર્મબહિષ્કૃતાઃ ।
પ્રવાસં યે ચ ગચ્છંતિ પરદારરતાઃ સદા ॥ ૫ ॥

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 7.1.208.5 in Malayalam sript:
ഈശ്വര ഉവാച ।
വൃഥാ ജന്മാനി ചത്വാരി യാനി താനി നിബോധ മേ ।
കുപുത്രാണാം വൃഥാ ജന്മ യേ ച ധര്മബഹിഷ്കൃതാഃ ।
പ്രവാസം യേ ച ഗച്ഛംതി പരദാരരതാഃ സദാ ॥ ൫ ॥

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