Brahma Purana — Devasthana Tirtha: Origin, Naming, and the Eighteen Sacred Fords, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
पुरा कृतयुगस्यादौ देवदानवसंगरे प्रवृत्ते वा सिंहिकेति विख्याता दैत्यसुन्दरी //
Translation
ইয়াত ‘২’ শ্লোক-সংখ্যা আছে; মূল পাঠ নাথাকিলে অনুবাদ সম্ভৱ নহয়, অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি শ্লোক-পাঠ দিয়ক।
Word by Word
purāformerly; once
purā:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Avyaya), कालवाचक (temporal adverb): "formerly"
kṛta-yugasyaof the Kṛta Yuga
kṛta-yugasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛta-yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (Karmadharaya): "kṛtaṃ ca tat yugaṃ"; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन (Gen sg)
ādauat the beginning
ādau:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Loc sg): "at the beginning"
deva-dānava-saṅgarein the battle of gods and demons
deva-dānava-saṅgare:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅgara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास (compound), तत्पुरुषप्रधान: "devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca saṅgaraḥ" (battle of gods and demons); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Loc sg)
pravṛttehaving commenced; begun
pravṛtte:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-vṛtta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vṛt)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी एकवचन (Loc sg) सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) with saṅgare: "when (it) had begun"
vāand/indeed (particle)
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Avyaya), विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive/particle): here emphatic/metrical "indeed/and"
siṃhikāSiṃhikā (name)
siṃhikā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsiṃhikā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom sg)
itithus; by the name
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, इति-निर्देशक (quotative)
vikhyātāwell-known; famed
vikhyātā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-khyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √khyā)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom sg); siṃhikā/daityasundarī इत्यस्य विशेषण
daitya-sundarīthe beautiful demoness
daitya-sundarī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक) + sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (Karmadharaya): "daityānāṃ sundarī" / "daityā sundarī"; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom sg), siṃhikā इत्यस्य अप्पोज़िशन
Speaker
Brahmā narrating to Nārada