Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 9.5.28 (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 28 contained in chapter 5 of book 5 (उमासंहिता, umāsaṃhitā).

Verse 9.5.28

गवां वृषाभिभूतानां द्विजानां गुरुपूर्वकम् ।
यस्समाचरते विप्र तमाहुर्ब्रह्मघातकम् ॥ २८ ॥

gavāṃ vṛṣābhibhūtānāṃ dvijānāṃ gurupūrvakam |
yassamācarate vipra tamāhurbrahmaghātakam || 28 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 9.5.28 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 (9.5.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gava, Vrisha, Vrishan, Abhibhuta, Dvija, Guru, Purvakam, Purvaka, Yah, Samacara, Tad, Yushmad, Vipra, Tama, Ahu, Brahmaghataka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 9.5.28). 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: “gavāṃ vṛṣābhibhūtānāṃ dvijānāṃ gurupūrvakam
  • gavām -
  • go (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    gavā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vṛṣā -
  • vṛṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛṣan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    vṛṣan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vṛṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhibhūtānām -
  • abhibhūta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    abhibhūta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    abhibhūtā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • dvijānām -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    dvija (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    dvijā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • guru -
  • guru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    guru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    gurū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    gurū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    gurū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • pūrvakam -
  • pūrvakam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrvaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrvaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “yassamācarate vipra tamāhurbrahmaghātakam
  • yas -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • samācara -
  • samācara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samācara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • vipra -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vipra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tamā -
  • tama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ahur -
  • ahu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ahu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [aorist active third plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [aorist active third plural]
  • brahmaghātakam -
  • brahmaghātaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 9.5.28

Cover of edition (2019)

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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Cover of edition (2019)

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

Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation

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Cover of Gujarati edition

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

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

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Preview of verse 9.5.28 in Gujarati sript:
ગવાં વૃષાભિભૂતાનાં દ્વિજાનાં ગુરુપૂર્વકમ્ ।
યસ્સમાચરતે વિપ્ર તમાહુર્બ્રહ્મઘાતકમ્ ॥ ૨૮ ॥

Cover of edition (0)

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

[ಶಿವಪುರಾಣ] Set of 9 Volumes

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Preview of verse 9.5.28 in Kannada sript:
ಗವಾಂ ವೃಷಾಭಿಭೂತಾನಾಂ ದ್ವಿಜಾನಾಂ ಗುರುಪೂರ್ವಕಮ್ ।
ಯಸ್ಸಮಾಚರತೇ ವಿಪ್ರ ತಮಾಹುರ್ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಘಾತಕಮ್ ॥ ೨೮ ॥

Cover of edition (2004)

Shiva Purana (Malayalam)
by Swami Advaitanandapuri (2004)

[ശിവ പുരണ] published by Aarshasri Publications & Co.

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Preview of verse 9.5.28 in Malayalam sript:
ഗവാം വൃഷാഭിഭൂതാനാം ദ്വിജാനാം ഗുരുപൂര്വകമ് ।
യസ്സമാചരതേ വിപ്ര തമാഹുര്ബ്രഹ്മഘാതകമ് ॥ ൨൮ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Shiva Purana (Telugu)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2019)

[శ్రీ శివమఃపురాణము] or [శ్రీ శివ మహా పురాణం]; Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur.

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Preview of verse 9.5.28 in Telugu sript:
గవాం వృషాభిభూతానాం ద్విజానాం గురుపూర్వకమ్ ।
యస్సమాచరతే విప్ర తమాహుర్బ్రహ్మఘాతకమ్ ॥ ౨౮ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

Shiva Purana (Bengali)
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 9.5.28 in Bengali sript:
গবাং বৃষাভিভূতানাং দ্বিজানাং গুরুপূর্বকম্ ।
যস্সমাচরতে বিপ্র তমাহুর্ব্রহ্মঘাতকম্ ॥ ২৮ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

Shiva Purana (Tamil)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2016)

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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