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 4.103.8

कदाचिदर्धरात्रे तु सुप्ता भर्त्रा सहैव सा ।
दष्टा सर्पेण रौद्रेण जगाम निधनं क्षणात् ॥ ८ ॥

kadācidardharātre tu suptā bhartrā sahaiva sā |
daṣṭā sarpeṇa raudreṇa jagāma nidhanaṃ kṣaṇāt || 8 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.103.8 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 (4.103.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kadacit, Ardharatra, Supta, Bhartri, Saha, Sah, Dashta, Sarpa, Raudra, Nidhana, Kshanat, Kshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.103.8). 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: “kadācidardharātre tu suptā bhartrā sahaiva
  • kadācid -
  • kadācit (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • ardharātre -
  • ardharātra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • suptā* -
  • supta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    suptā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    svap -> supta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √svap class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √svap class 2 verb]
    svap -> suptā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √svap class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √svap class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √svap class 2 verb]
  • bhartrā -
  • bhartṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sahai -
  • saha (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    saha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sah (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sah (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “daṣṭā sarpeṇa raudreṇa jagāma nidhanaṃ kṣaṇāt
  • daṣṭā -
  • daṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarpeṇa -
  • sarpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sarpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • raudreṇa -
  • raudra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    raudra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • jagāma -
  • (verb class 3)
    [imperative active first plural]
    gam (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    gam (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    gam (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • nidhanam -
  • nidhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nidhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nidhanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kṣaṇāt -
  • kṣaṇāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 4.103.8

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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