Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 7.2.18.174 (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 7.2.18.174

नारद उवाच ।
प्रसादं कुरु देवेश युद्धार्थं कौतुकं मम ।
एकेन ब्राह्मणेनाजौ हन्यंते क्षत्रिया यदा ।
पित्रा प्रोक्तं च मे पूर्वं तदा युद्धं भविष्यति ॥ १७४ ॥

nārada uvāca |
prasādaṃ kuru deveśa yuddhārthaṃ kautukaṃ mama |
ekena brāhmaṇenājau hanyaṃte kṣatriyā yadā |
pitrā proktaṃ ca me pūrvaṃ tadā yuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati || 174 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 7.2.18.174 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 (7.2.18.174). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Narada, Prasada, Devesha, Yuddha, Artha, Kautuka, Asmad, Eka, Brahmana, Aja, Kshatriya, Yada, Yad, Pitri, Prokta, Purvam, Purva, Tada, Bhavishyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 7.2.18.174). 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: “nārada uvāca
  • nārada* -
  • nārada (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: “prasādaṃ kuru deveśa yuddhārthaṃ kautukaṃ mama
  • prasādam -
  • prasāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • kuru -
  • kuru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kuru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [imperative active second single]
  • deveśa -
  • deveśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yuddhā -
  • yuddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yuddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kautukam -
  • kautuka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mama -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • Line 3: “ekena brāhmaṇenājau hanyaṃte kṣatriyā yadā
  • ekena -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    eka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • brāhmaṇenā -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ajau -
  • aja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • hanyante -
  • han (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]
    han (verb class 2)
    [present passive third plural]
  • kṣatriyā* -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yadā -
  • yadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yadā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 4: “pitrā proktaṃ ca me pūrvaṃ tadā yuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati
  • pitrā -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • proktam -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prokta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative 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]
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tadā* -
  • tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • yuddham -
  • yuddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yuddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
  • bhaviṣyati -
  • bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 7.2.18.174

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 7.2.18.174 in Bengali sript:
নারদ উবাচ ।
প্রসাদং কুরু দেবেশ যুদ্ধার্থং কৌতুকং মম ।
একেন ব্রাহ্মণেনাজৌ হন্যংতে ক্ষত্রিযা যদা ।
পিত্রা প্রোক্তং চ মে পূর্বং তদা যুদ্ধং ভবিষ্যতি ॥ ১৭৪ ॥

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 7.2.18.174 in Kannada sript:
ನಾರದ ಉವಾಚ ।
ಪ್ರಸಾದಂ ಕುರು ದೇವೇಶ ಯುದ್ಧಾರ್ಥಂ ಕೌತುಕಂ ಮಮ ।
ಏಕೇನ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣೇನಾಜೌ ಹನ್ಯಂತೇ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯಾ ಯದಾ ।
ಪಿತ್ರಾ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತಂ ಚ ಮೇ ಪೂರ್ವಂ ತದಾ ಯುದ್ಧಂ ಭವಿಷ್ಯತಿ ॥ ೧೭೪ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

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

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 7.2.18.174 in Gujarati sript:
નારદ ઉવાચ ।
પ્રસાદં કુરુ દેવેશ યુદ્ધાર્થં કૌતુકં મમ ।
એકેન બ્રાહ્મણેનાજૌ હન્યંતે ક્ષત્રિયા યદા ।
પિત્રા પ્રોક્તં ચ મે પૂર્વં તદા યુદ્ધં ભવિષ્યતિ ॥ ૧૭૪ ॥

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 7.2.18.174 in Malayalam sript:
നാരദ ഉവാച ।
പ്രസാദം കുരു ദേവേശ യുദ്ധാര്ഥം കൌതുകം മമ ।
ഏകേന ബ്രാഹ്മണേനാജൌ ഹന്യംതേ ക്ഷത്രിയാ യദാ ।
പിത്രാ പ്രോക്തം ച മേ പൂര്വം തദാ യുദ്ധം ഭവിഷ്യതി ॥ ൧൭൪ ॥

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