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 3.2.3.12

मासान्ते प्रलयं यास्ये तस्माच्छोचामि भो बलिन् ।
स आह शृणु भो देवि त्वदल्पायुस्स मीरितम् ।
केन पुण्येन दीर्घायुस्त्वं भवेः कारणं वद ॥ १२ ॥

māsānte pralayaṃ yāsye tasmācchocāmi bho balin |
sa āha śṛṇu bho devi tvadalpāyussa mīritam |
kena puṇyena dīrghāyustvaṃ bhaveḥ kāraṇaṃ vada || 12 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.2.3.12 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 (3.2.3.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Masanta, Pralaya, Yasya, Tasmat, Tad, Bha, Balin, Sah, Ahan, Devi, Devin, Yushmad, Alpayus, Kena, Kah, Kim, Punya, Dirghayu, Dirghayus, Tva, Karana, Vada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.2.3.12). 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: “māsānte pralayaṃ yāsye tasmācchocāmi bho balin
  • māsānte -
  • māsānta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • pralayam -
  • pralaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pralayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yāsye -
  • yas -> yāsya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √yas class 4 verb]
    yas -> yāsya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √yas class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yas class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yas class 4 verb], [locative single from √yas class 4 verb]
    yas -> yāsyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √yas class 4 verb], [vocative single from √yas class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yas class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yas class 4 verb]
  • tasmācch -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • śocāmi -
  • śuc (verb class 1)
    [present active first single]
  • bho* -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • balin -
  • balin (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    balin (noun, neuter)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “sa āha śṛṇu bho devi tvadalpāyussa mīritam
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • āha -
  • āhan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ah (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third single]
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bho* -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • devi -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    devin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    devin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tvad -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [ablative single]
  • alpāyus -
  • alpāyus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    alpāyus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse mīritam
  • Line 3: “kena puṇyena dīrghāyustvaṃ bhaveḥ kāraṇaṃ vada
  • kena -
  • kena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kena (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • puṇyena -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • dīrghāyus -
  • dīrghāyus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dīrghāyus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dīrghāyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dīrghāyu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • bhaveḥ -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active second single]
  • kāraṇam -
  • kāraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vada -
  • vada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 3.2.3.12

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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