Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 7.3.61.1 (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 7.3.61.1

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पुलस्त्य उवाच ।
गंगाधरं ततो गच्छेत्सुपुण्यं विमलोदकम् ।
येन गंगा धृता राजन्निपतन्ती नभस्तलात् ॥ १ ॥

pulastya uvāca |
gaṃgādharaṃ tato gacchetsupuṇyaṃ vimalodakam |
yena gaṃgā dhṛtā rājannipatantī nabhastalāt || 1 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 7.3.61.1 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 (7.3.61.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pulastya, Gangadhara, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Supunya, Yena, Yah, Yat, Ganga, Dhrita, Rajan, Rajat, Nipa, Tanti, Nabhastala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 7.3.61.1). 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: “pulastya uvāca ”
pulastya* -
pulastya (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: “gaṃgādharaṃ tato gacchetsupuṇyaṃ vimalodakam ”
gaṅgādharam -
gaṅgādhara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
gacchet -
√gam (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
supuṇyam -
supuṇya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

supuṇya (noun, neuter)

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

supuṇyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vimalodakam -
vimalodakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 3: “yena gaṃgā dhṛtā rājannipatantī nabhastalāt ”
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
gaṅgā* -
gaṅga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gaṅgā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dhṛtā* -
dhṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dhṛtā (noun, feminine)

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

[vocative single]

√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb]

√rāj -> rājat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb]
nipa -
nipa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nipa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tantī -
tantī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

tanti (noun, feminine)

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

tanti (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
nabhastalāt -
nabhastala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]