Brahma Purana — Devagama Tirtha on the Godavari: Devas, Asuras, and the Victory through Hari-Hara, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां मेलनं यत्र पर्वतो मलयस् तु सः मलयस्यापि देशो ऽसौ देवारीणाम् अभूत् तदा //

Translation

Verse (12) continues the sacred exposition, preserving knowledge and Dharma in accordance with the puranic framework.

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• melanam: meeting/assembly
• melanam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: melana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Deśa (देश/Location adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• parvataḥ: mountain
• parvataḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• malayaḥ: Malaya (mountain)
• malayaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: malaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• saḥ: that (he/it)
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• malayasya: of Malaya
• malayasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: malaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• deśaḥ: region/place
• deśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• asau: that (yonder)
• asau: Viśeṣya (विशेष्य/That place)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• deva-arīṇām: of the enemies of the gods
• deva-arīṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-arī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां अरयः)

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (काल/Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

Speaker

• Narrative voice; no direct dialogue