Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 18
Bhārgavaṃ prati Varuṇāgamanaṃ
Varuṇa’s Approach to Bhārgava/Paraśurāma
Devanagari script
विश्रुतं यत्त्रिलोकेषु तीरे नदनदीपतेः / तीर्थं तदन्तरीकृत्य स्रुवो रामकराच्च्युतः
Transliteration
viśrutaṃ yattrilokeṣu tīre nadanadīpateḥ / tīrthaṃ tadantarīkṛtya sruvo rāmakarāccyutaḥ
Translation
That tīrtha, famed in the three worlds upon the shore of the lord of rivers (the Ocean)—passing over it, the sruva that slipped from Rama’s hand fell there.
Word by Word
viśrutamwell-known
viśrutam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-√śru (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; qualifying ‘tīrtham’
yatwhich
yat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; relative pronoun referring to ‘tīrtham’
tri-lokeṣuin the three worlds
tri-lokeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvigu: three worlds; Masculine, Locative (7th), Plural
tīreon the bank
tīre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottīra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th), Singular
nada-nadī-pateḥof the lord of rivers and streams
nada-nadī-pateḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnada (प्रातिपदिक) + nadī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी): nadānāṃ nadīnām ca patiḥ; Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular
tīrthamthe sacred ford
tīrtham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
tatthat
tat:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; demonstrative agreeing with ‘tīrtham’
antarīkṛtyahaving interposed
antarīkṛtya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootantar-√kṛ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त): ‘having placed in between/inserted/interposed’
sruvaḥthe ladle
sruvaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsruva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
rāma-karātfrom Rama’s hand
rāma-karāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी): rāmasya karaḥ; Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular
cyutaḥfallen/slipped
cyutaḥ:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Root√cyu (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate of ‘sruvaḥ’