Brahma Purana — Apsaroyugam Tirtha: The Confluence that Grants Worldly Enjoyment and Liberation, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
अप्सरोयुगम् आख्यातं तीर्थं येन च हेतुना तत्रेदं कारणं वक्ष्ये शृणु नारद यत्नतः //
Translation
Only the numeral “4” is shown here, with no Sanskrit or English text; therefore it cannot be translated.
Word by Word
apsaraḥ-yugama pair of apsarases
apsaraḥ-yugam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootapsaras (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (ṣaṣṭhī: ‘pair of apsarases’); Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
ākhyātamis called / has been named
ākhyātam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootā-khyāta (कृदन्त; √khyā ख्या)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); past passive participle (क्त)
tīrthama sacred ford / pilgrimage place
tīrtham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
yenaby which
yena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma ‘yad’; Puṃ/Napuṃ (Masculine/Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-avyaya (conjunction)
hetunāby what reason / for what cause
hetunā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roothetu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormDeśa-avyaya (locative adverb)
idamthis
idam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma ‘idam’; Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
kāraṇamreason / cause
kāraṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā/Dvitīyā vibhakti (Nom/Acc), Ekavacana (Singular); here as object-complement ‘the reason’
vakṣyeI will explain
vakṣye:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच् धातु)
FormLuṭ lakāra (Periphrastic future), Uttama puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana (Singular)
śṛṇulisten
śṛṇu:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु धातु)
FormLoṭ lakāra (Imperative), Madhyama puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana (Singular); parasmaipada
nāradaO Nārada
nārada:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnārada (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (Singular)
yatnataḥcarefully / with effort
yatnataḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (tasil-derivative adverb from noun: ‘with effort’), manner adverb
Speaker
Narrator to Nārada (transition into origin-legend)