Brahma Purana — Devagama Tirtha on the Godavari: Devas, Asuras, and the Victory through Hari-Hara, Shloka 13
Devanagari script
देवानां गौतमीतीरे तत्र संनिहितः शिवः इति तेषां समायोगो देवानाम् अभवत् किल //
Translation
Verse (13) clarifies the meaning of Dharma and the puranic manner of sacred historiography, serving both scholar and devotee.
Word by Word
devānāmof the gods
devānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
gautamī-tīreon the bank of the Gautamī
gautamī-tīre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootgautamī-tīra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गौतमी-नद्याः तीरम्)
tatrathere
tatra:
Deśa (देश/Location adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (there)
saṃnihitaḥpresent/assembled
saṃnihitaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-ni-dhā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
śivaḥŚiva
śivaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśiva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
samāyogaḥcoming together/union
samāyogaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsamāyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
devānāmof the gods
devānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
abhavathappened/was
abhavat:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
kilaindeed, it is said
kila:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkila (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रसिद्ध्यर्थक निपात (indeed/it is said)
Speaker
Narrative voice; reporting a traditional account