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 1.142.1

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व्यास उवाच ।
देवता ऋषयो नागा गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणाः ।
यक्षरक्षांसि वै भानौ निवसन्ति ऋतुक्रमात् ॥ १ ॥

vyāsa uvāca |
devatā ṛṣayo nāgā gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ |
yakṣarakṣāṃsi vai bhānau nivasanti ṛtukramāt || 1 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.142.1 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:
Buy now! Sanskrit text by S. N. Khandelwal (2022)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.142.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vyasa, Devata, Rishi, Naga, Gandharvapsaras, Gana, Yaksha, Rakshas, Bhanu, Nivasanti, Kramat, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.142.1). 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: “vyāsa uvāca ”
vyāsa* -
vyāsa (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: “devatā ṛṣayo nāgā gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ ”
devatā* -
devatā (noun, feminine)

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

devata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ṛṣayo* -
ṛṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
nāgā* -
nāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nāgā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
gandharvāpsarasām -
gandharvāpsaras (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
gaṇāḥ -
gaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 3: “yakṣarakṣāṃsi vai bhānau nivasanti ṛtukramāt ”
yakṣa -
yakṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yakṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yakṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
rakṣāṃsi -
rakṣas (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
bhānau -
bhānu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

bhānu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
nivasanti -
nivasantī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nivasantī (noun, feminine)

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

nivasantī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ṛtu -
ṛtu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
kramāt -
kramāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.142.1

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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Last Updated: 03 February, 2024