Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 7.1.336.216 (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 7.1.336.216

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अष्टौ कोटिसहस्राणि अष्टौ कोटिशतानि च ।
क्षेत्रं रक्षंति तत्रस्थाः प्रभासं शांकरा गणाः ॥ २१६ ॥

aṣṭau koṭisahasrāṇi aṣṭau koṭiśatāni ca |
kṣetraṃ rakṣaṃti tatrasthāḥ prabhāsaṃ śāṃkarā gaṇāḥ || 216 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 7.1.336.216 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 (7.1.336.216). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashta, Ashti, Koti, Sahasra, Kotisha, Tad, Tani, Kshetra, Rakshat, Rakshanti, Tatrastha, Prabhasa, Shankara, Gana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 7.1.336.216). 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: “aṣṭau koṭisahasrāṇi aṣṭau koṭiśatāni ca ”
aṣṭau -
aṣṭa (noun, masculine)

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

aṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √aś class 5 verb]
koṭi -
koṭi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

koṭī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
sahasrāṇi -
sahasra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
aṣṭau -
aṣṭa (noun, masculine)

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

aṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √aś class 5 verb]
koṭiśa -
koṭiśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative 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]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “kṣetraṃ rakṣaṃti tatrasthāḥ prabhāsaṃ śāṃkarā gaṇāḥ ”
kṣetram -
kṣetra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
rakṣanti -
√rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, neuter)

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

√rakṣ -> rakṣantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]

√rakṣ (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
tatrasthāḥ -
tatrastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tatrasthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
prabhāsam -
prabhāsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prabhāsa (noun, neuter)

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

prabhāsā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śāṅkarā* -
śāṅkara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
gaṇāḥ -
gaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gaṇā (noun, feminine)

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