Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]

245,265 words

This Sanskrit edition of the Bhavishya Purana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The Bhavishyapurana contains 4 books and over 26,000 Sanskrit verses. It is famous for detailing the history and legends of ancient times as well as future times, narrating the genealogy of the kings and sages. The last part is considered an independent work known as the Bhavishyottara-Purana.

Verse 1.21.1

सुमन्तरुवाच ।
पतिव्रता पतिप्राणा पतिशुश्रूषणे रता ।
एवंविधापि या प्रोक्ता शुचिः संशोभना सती ॥ १ ॥

sumantaruvāca |
pativratā patiprāṇā patiśuśrūṣaṇe ratā |
evaṃvidhāpi yā proktā śuciḥ saṃśobhanā satī || 1 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.21.1 is contained in the book Bhavishya Purana: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation by S. N. Khandelwal. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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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 (1.21.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sumanta, Vaca, Pativrata, Patiprana, Pat, Pati, Patin, Shushrushana, Rata, Evamvidha, Api, Prokta, Shuci, Samsha, Sat, Sati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.21.1). 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: “sumantaruvāca
  • sumanta -
  • sumanta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sumanta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ru -
  • ru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • vāca -
  • vāca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “pativratā patiprāṇā patiśuśrūṣaṇe ratā
  • pativratā -
  • pativratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • patiprāṇā -
  • patiprāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pati -
  • pati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    patī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    patī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    patī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    patin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    patin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • śuśrūṣaṇe -
  • śuśrūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ratā -
  • ratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ram -> ratā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ram class 1 verb]
  • Line 3: “evaṃvidhāpi proktā śuciḥ saṃśobhanā satī
  • evaṃvidhā -
  • evaṃvidha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    evaṃvidha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    evaṃvidhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • proktā -
  • proktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śuciḥ -
  • śuci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śuci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • saṃśo -
  • saṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhanā -
  • satī -
  • satī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.21.1

Cover of edition (2023)

Complete Bhavisya Mahapurana (English translation)
by Shantilal Nagar (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Pages: 2496; ISBN-10: 817110729X; ISBN-13: 9788171107292

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