Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 14

Samantapañcaka at Kurukṣetra: Paraśurāma’s Tīrtha-Creation and Pitṛ-Rites (समन्तपञ्चक-तीर्थप्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

न लभ्यते महाराज जातु जन्मशतैरपि / समन्तपञ्चकं तीर्थं कुरुक्षेत्रे ऽतिपावनम्

Transliteration

na labhyate mahārāja jātu janmaśatairapi / samantapañcakaṃ tīrthaṃ kurukṣetre 'tipāvanam

Translation

হে মহারাজ! কুরুক্ষেত্রের অতিপবিত্র ‘সমন্তপঞ্চক’ তীর্থ কখনও শত জন্মেও দুর্লভ।

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• labhyate: is obtained, is found
• labhyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense: “is obtained”)

• mahārāja: O great king
• mahārāja: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahārāja (प्रातिपदिक: mahā + rāja)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• jātu: ever, at any time
• jātu: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jātu (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal particle: “ever/at any time”)

• janmaśataiḥ: by (even) hundreds of births
• janmaśataiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janmaśata (प्रातिपदिक: janma + śata)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: “even/also”)

• samantapañcakam: Samantapañcaka
• samantapañcakam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samantapañcaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• tīrtham: the sacred place
• tīrtham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); समन्तपञ्चकस्य अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• kurukṣetre: in Kurukṣetra
• kurukṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kurukṣetra (प्रातिपदिक: kuru + kṣetra)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• atipāvanam: most purifying
• atipāvanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati-pāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (of tīrtham)