Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 93
Devanagari script
तस्याश् च शङ्खलिखितौ स्मृतौ पुत्राव् अयोनिजौ उमा तु या मया तुभ्यं कीर्तिता वरवर्णिनी //
Translation
This passage notes that “93” is the verse number in this section.
Word by Word
tasyāḥof her
tasyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग-सम्बन्ध (feminine referent)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
śaṅkha-likhitauŚaṅkha and Likhita
śaṅkha-likhitau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṅkha + likhita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (copulative), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
smṛtauare remembered/are known
smṛtau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √smṛ स्मृ)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)
putrautwo sons
putrau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
ayonijaunot born from a womb; unbegotten
ayonijau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roota-yonija (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनञ्-पूर्वक (negative prefix), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); विशेषण (qualifier of putrau)
umāUmā
umā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootumā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)
yāwho/which (she)
yā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formयत्-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
tubhyamto you
tubhyam:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)
kīrtitāhas been described/praised
kīrtitā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootkīrtita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kīrt कीर्त्)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)
vara-varṇinīof excellent complexion/beautiful
vara-varṇinī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvara + varṇinī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (descriptive), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); विशेषण (of Umā)
Speaker
Narrator/teacher continues: genealogical note (Śaṅkha-Likhita) and returns to Umā’s description.