Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 7.1.278.4 (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 7.1.278.4

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देव्युवाच ।
कथं तु सिद्धो वाल्मीकिः कथं चौर्येऽकरोन्मनः ।
कथं सप्तर्षयो मुष्टा एतन्मे वद शंकर ॥ ४ ॥

devyuvāca |
kathaṃ tu siddho vālmīkiḥ kathaṃ caurye'karonmanaḥ |
kathaṃ saptarṣayo muṣṭā etanme vada śaṃkara || 4 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 7.1.278.4 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 (7.1.278.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Devi, Devin, Katham, Katha, Siddha, Valmiki, Caurya, Mana, Manas, Saptarshi, Mushta, Etad, Asmad, Vada, Shankara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 7.1.278.4). 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: “devyuvāca ”
devyu -
devī (noun, feminine)

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

devin (noun, masculine)

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

devin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative 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: “kathaṃ tu siddho vālmīkiḥ kathaṃ caurye'karonmanaḥ ”
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]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
siddho* -
siddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sidh class 1 verb]
vālmīkiḥ -
vālmīki (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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]
caurye' -
caurya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
akaron -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[imperfect active third single]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “kathaṃ saptarṣayo muṣṭā etanme vada śaṃkara ”
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]
saptarṣayo* -
saptarṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

saptarṣi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
muṣṭā* -
muṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

muṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√muṣ -> muṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √muṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √muṣ class 1 verb]

√muṣ -> muṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √muṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √muṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √muṣ class 1 verb]

√much -> muṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √much class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √much class 1 verb]

√much -> muṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √much class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √much class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √much class 1 verb]

√mus -> muṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √mus class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √mus class 4 verb]

√mus -> muṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √mus class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √mus class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √mus class 4 verb]
etan -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
śaṅkara -
śaṅkara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śaṅkara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]