Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 9.8.9 (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 9 contained in chapter 8 of book 5 (उमासंहिता, umāsaṃhitā).

Verse 9.8.9

पश्यामि तद्बलं नष्टं येन विध्वंसिताः प्रजाः ।
यमदूतैर्योज्यमाना अधुना कीदृशं भवेत् ॥ ९ ॥

paśyāmi tadbalaṃ naṣṭaṃ yena vidhvaṃsitāḥ prajāḥ |
yamadūtairyojyamānā adhunā kīdṛśaṃ bhavet || 9 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 9.8.9 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 (9.8.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pashya, Amin, Tadbala, Nashta, Yena, Yah, Yat, Vidhvamsita, Praja, Prajas, Yamaduta, Yojyamana, Adhuna, Kidrish, Kidrisha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 9.8.9). 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: “paśyāmi tadbalaṃ naṣṭaṃ yena vidhvaṃsitāḥ prajāḥ
  • paśyā -
  • paśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √paś class 10 verb]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tadbalam -
  • tadbala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tadbalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • naṣṭam -
  • naṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    naṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    naṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative single from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √naś class 1 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √naś class 1 verb]
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • vidhvaṃsitāḥ -
  • vidhvaṃsita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vidhvaṃsitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prajāḥ -
  • praja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prajas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “yamadūtairyojyamānā adhunā kīdṛśaṃ bhavet
  • yamadūtair -
  • yamadūta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • yojyamānā* -
  • yuj -> yojyamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √yuj], [vocative plural from √yuj]
    yuj -> yojyamānā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √yuj], [vocative plural from √yuj], [accusative plural from √yuj]
  • adhunā -
  • adhunā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kīdṛśam -
  • kīdṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kīdṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kīdṛś (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 9.8.9

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 9.8.9 in Gujarati sript:
પશ્યામિ તદ્બલં નષ્ટં યેન વિધ્વંસિતાઃ પ્રજાઃ ।
યમદૂતૈર્યોજ્યમાના અધુના કીદૃશં ભવેત્ ॥ ૯ ॥

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 9.8.9 in Kannada sript:
ಪಶ್ಯಾಮಿ ತದ್ಬಲಂ ನಷ್ಟಂ ಯೇನ ವಿಧ್ವಂಸಿತಾಃ ಪ್ರಜಾಃ ।
ಯಮದೂತೈರ್ಯೋಜ್ಯಮಾನಾ ಅಧುನಾ ಕೀದೃಶಂ ಭವೇತ್ ॥ ೯ ॥

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 9.8.9 in Malayalam sript:
പശ്യാമി തദ്ബലം നഷ്ടം യേന വിധ്വംസിതാഃ പ്രജാഃ ।
യമദൂതൈര്യോജ്യമാനാ അധുനാ കീദൃശം ഭവേത് ॥ ൯ ॥

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 9.8.9 in Telugu sript:
పశ్యామి తద్బలం నష్టం యేన విధ్వంసితాః ప్రజాః ।
యమదూతైర్యోజ్యమానా అధునా కీదృశం భవేత్ ॥ ౯ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

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

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 9.8.9 in Bengali sript:
পশ্যামি তদ্বলং নষ্টং যেন বিধ্বংসিতাঃ প্রজাঃ ।
যমদূতৈর্যোজ্যমানা অধুনা কীদৃশং ভবেত্ ॥ ৯ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

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

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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