Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 7.38.42 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Shivapurana is a one of the eighteen Major Puranas detailing religious worship of Shiva, also known as Shaivism. The book contains 24,000 verses although it is said to be an abridged form and originally consisted of 100,000 verses. This is verse 42 contained in chapter 38 of book 3 (शतरुद्रसंहिता, śatarudrasaṃhitā).

Verse 7.38.42

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ब्राह्मण उवाच ।
नवे वयसि वै तात किन्तपस्यसि साम्प्रतम् ।
मुक्त्यर्थं वा जयार्थं किं सर्वथैतत्तपस्तव ॥ ४२ ॥

brāhmaṇa uvāca |
nave vayasi vai tāta kintapasyasi sāmpratam |
muktyarthaṃ vā jayārthaṃ kiṃ sarvathaitattapastava || 42 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 7.38.42 is contained in the book Shri Shiva Maha Purana - Moolmatram by Gita Press, Gorakhpur. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
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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 (7.38.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Nava, Vayas, Tata, Kim, Tapa, Tapasya, Tapas, Asi, Sampratam, Samprata, Muktyartha, Var, Jaya, Artha, Sarvatha, Etad, Tap, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 7.38.42). 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: “brāhmaṇa uvāca ”
brāhmaṇa* -
brāhmaṇa (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: “nave vayasi vai tāta kintapasyasi sāmpratam ”
nave -
nava (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nava (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

navā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

nu (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

√nu (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
vayasi -
vayas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√vay (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
kin -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tapasya -
tapasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tapasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tapa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

tapa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tapas (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

√tap (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
asi -
asi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

asi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

asī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]
sāmpratam -
sāmpratam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sāmprata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sāmprata (noun, neuter)

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

sāmpratā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 3: “muktyarthaṃ vā jayārthaṃ kiṃ sarvathaitattapastava ”
muktyartham -
muktyartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

muktyartha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
jayā -
jaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

jayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√ji (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
sarvathai -
sarvathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
etat -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tapas -
tapas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

tap (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

tap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

tapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 7.38.42

The Siva Purana (Three Volumes)
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2019)

An Exhaustive Introduction, Sanskrit Text, English Translation with Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Shri Shiva Purana (Set of 2 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)

Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation

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Shiva Purana (Gujarati)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2013)

[સંક્ષિપ્ત શિવપુરાણ] — Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (9788129301840)

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Preview of verse 7.38.42 in Gujarati sript:
બ્રાહ્મણ ઉવાચ ।
નવે વયસિ વૈ તાત કિન્તપસ્યસિ સામ્પ્રતમ્ ।
મુક્ત્યર્થં વા જયાર્થં કિં સર્વથૈતત્તપસ્તવ ॥ ૪૨ ॥

Shiva Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)

[ಶಿವಪುರಾಣ] Set of 9 Volumes

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Preview of verse 7.38.42 in Kannada sript:
ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ ಉವಾಚ ।
ನವೇ ವಯಸಿ ವೈ ತಾತ ಕಿನ್ತಪಸ್ಯಸಿ ಸಾಮ್ಪ್ರತಮ್ ।
ಮುಕ್ತ್ಯರ್ಥಂ ವಾ ಜಯಾರ್ಥಂ ಕಿಂ ಸರ್ವಥೈತತ್ತಪಸ್ತವ ॥ ೪೨ ॥

Shiva Purana (Malayalam)
by Swami Advaitanandapuri (2004)

[ശിവ പുരണ] published by Aarshasri Publications & Co.

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Preview of verse 7.38.42 in Malayalam sript:
ബ്രാഹ്മണ ഉവാച ।
നവേ വയസി വൈ താത കിന്തപസ്യസി സാമ്പ്രതമ് ।
മുക്ത്യര്ഥം വാ ജയാര്ഥം കിം സര്വഥൈതത്തപസ്തവ ॥ ൪൨ ॥