Brahma Purana — Nārada Requests the Sequential Fruits of Tīrthas; The Origins of Tryambaka and Vārāha Tīrthas, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

प्राक्षालयच् च स्वाङ्गानि असृग्लिप्तानि नारद गङ्गाम्भसा तत्र कुण्डं वाराहम् अभवत् ततः //

Translation

Dieser Vers (Nr. 18) gilt als heiliges Wort im «Brahma-Purana», um die Ordnung von Erzählung und Lehre fortzuführen.

Word by Word

• prākṣālayat: washed/cleansed
• prākṣālayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṣāl (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sva-aṅgāni: his own limbs
• sva-aṅgāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative: 'of oneself')

• asṛk-liptāni: smeared with blood
• asṛk-liptāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asṛk (प्रातिपदिक) + lipta (कृदन्त, √lip)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘लिप्त’ (smeared); तत्पुरुषः (instrument/content: smeared with blood)

• nārada: O Nārada
• nārada: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• gaṅgā-ambhasā: with the water of the Gaṅgā
• gaṅgā-ambhasā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + ambhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive: 'water of Gaṅgā')

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: place)

• kuṇḍam: a pond/pool
• kuṇḍam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nominative/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• vārāham: boar-related; of the Boar (Varāha)
• vārāham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vārāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nominative/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• abhavat: became/was
• abhavat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• tataḥ: thereupon/from that
• tataḥ: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival/sequence adverb: 'thereupon/from that')

Speaker

• Narrator addressing Nārada (explicit vocative)