Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 23
Kiṃpuruṣa–Harivarṣa–Ilāvṛta-varṣa-varṇanam
Description of the Varṣas: Kiṃpuruṣa, Hari, and Ilāvṛta
Devanagari script
मेरोस्तु दक्षिणे पार्श्वे निषधस्योत्तरेण च / सुदर्शनो नाम महाञ्जम्बूवृक्षः सनातनः
Transliteration
merostu dakṣiṇe pārśve niṣadhasyottareṇa ca / sudarśano nāma mahāñjambūvṛkṣaḥ sanātanaḥ
Translation
On the southern side of Meru, and to the north of Niṣadha, stands the eternal great jambu tree named Sudarśana.
Word by Word
meroḥof Meru
meroḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location relation via genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootmeru (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
dakṣiṇeon the southern
dakṣiṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeAdjective
Rootdakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); used with pārśve: ‘on the southern side’
pārśveside/flank
pārśve:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootpārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
niṣadhasyaof Niṣadha (mountain)
niṣadhasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootniṣadha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
uttareṇato the north (of)
uttareṇa:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Spatial relation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootuttara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental used adverbially (तृतीया-अव्ययीभाव) meaning ‘to the north of’; avyaya-prayoga
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
sudarśanaḥSudarśana (name)
sudarśanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsu-darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); proper name; कर्मधारयः ‘good/beautiful to see’
nāmanamed
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Naming marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormIndeclinable usage (अव्यय) meaning ‘by name/namely’
mahāngreat
mahān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with vṛkṣaḥ
jambū-vṛkṣaḥjambū tree
jambū-vṛkṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootjambū (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः ‘jambūyāḥ vṛkṣaḥ’
sanātanaḥeternal/ancient
sanātanaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with vṛkṣaḥ