Shloka 74
दिक्पालादि-शिवलोकान्तर-कथनम्
Account of the Dikpālas and Intervening Realms toward Śiva’s Worlds
Devanagari script
सर्वेषामपि शालानां मूलं योजनसंमितम् / पद्माटवीस्थलं वक्ष्ये सावधानो मुने शृणु
Transliteration
sarveṣāmapi śālānāṃ mūlaṃ yojanasaṃmitam / padmāṭavīsthalaṃ vakṣye sāvadhāno mune śṛṇu
Translation
Der Grund aller Śālās misst eine Yojana. Nun werde ich den Ort „Padmāṭavī“ schildern; höre achtsam zu, o Muni.
Word by Word
sarveṣāmof all
sarveṣām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
apialso
api:
Emphasis (बल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
śālānāmof the halls
śālānām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśālā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
mūlambase, foundation
mūlam:
Karta (कर्ता) / Subject
TypeNoun
Rootmūla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) or Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); here as subject with implied 'asti'
yojana-saṃmitammeasuring a yojana
yojana-saṃmitam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of mūlam
TypeAdjective
Rootyojana (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃmita (कृदन्त; √mā/मा with sam-)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) or Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); past participial adjective 'measured'; तत्पुरुषः (yojanena saṃmitam)
padma-āṭavī-sthalamthe site/ground of the Padma-grove
padma-āṭavī-sthalam:
Karma (कर्म) of vakṣye
TypeNoun
Rootpadma (प्रातिपदिक) + āṭavī (प्रातिपदिक) + sthala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः—'the ground/place of the Padma-forest'
vakṣyeI shall describe
vakṣye:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्)
FormLuṭ (लुट्, periphrastic future), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
sāvadhānaḥattentive
sāvadhānaḥ:
Sambodhana-viśeṣaṇa (सम्बोधन-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsāvadhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used as संबोधनार्थे/qualifying listener by sense
muneO sage
mune:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
śṛṇulisten
śṛṇu:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु)
FormLoṭ (लोट्, imperative), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)