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 3.4.20.6

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विष्णुर्वैष्णवमार्गेण जीवानां मोक्षदायकः ।
शम्भुर्वै शैवमार्गेण मोक्षदाता शरीरिणाम् ॥ ६ ॥

viṣṇurvaiṣṇavamārgeṇa jīvānāṃ mokṣadāyakaḥ |
śambhurvai śaivamārgeṇa mokṣadātā śarīriṇām || 6 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.4.20.6 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 (3.4.20.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishnu, Vaishnava, Arga, Jiva, Mokshada, Kah, Shambhu, Shaiva, Mokshadatri, Sharirin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.4.20.6). 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: “viṣṇurvaiṣṇavamārgeṇa jīvānāṃ mokṣadāyakaḥ ”
viṣṇur -
viṣṇu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

viṣṇu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vaiṣṇavam -
vaiṣṇava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaiṣṇava (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ā -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
argeṇa -
arga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
jīvānām -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

jīva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

jīvā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
mokṣadāya -
mokṣada (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

mokṣada (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śambhurvai śaivamārgeṇa mokṣadātā śarīriṇām ”
śambhur -
śambhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śambhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
śaivam -
śaiva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śaiva (noun, neuter)

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

śaivā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ā -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
argeṇa -
arga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
mokṣadātā -
mokṣadātṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mokṣadātṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śarīriṇām -
śarīrin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

śarīrin (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 3.4.20.6

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