Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 126
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
स्वादूदकेनोदधिना पुष्करः परिवारितः / विस्तारान्मण्डलाच्चैव पुष्करस्य समेन तु
Transliteration
svādūdakenodadhinā puṣkaraḥ parivāritaḥ / vistārānmaṇḍalāccaiva puṣkarasya samena tu
Translation
Puṣkara is encircled by an ocean of sweet waters; in breadth and in its circular expanse it is equal to Puṣkara itself.
Word by Word
svādu-udakenaby sweet water
svādu-udakena:
Karana (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootsvādu (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular (एकवचन)
udadhi-nāby the ocean
udadhi-nā:
Karana (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootudadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular (एकवचन)
puṣkaraḥPuṣkara (island/region)
puṣkaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
parivāritaḥis surrounded
parivāritaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootpari + vṛ (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: Past Passive Participle (क्त/कर्मणि), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); from √vṛ with prefix pari-
vistārātin extent; from (the standpoint of) breadth
vistārāt:
Apadana (अपादान/ablative of comparison/source)
TypeNoun
Rootvistāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी) Singular (एकवचन)
maṇḍalātin circumference/area
maṇḍalāt:
Apadana (अपादान/ablative of comparison/source)
TypeNoun
Rootmaṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी) Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), emphatic particle (निपात)
puṣkarasyaof Puṣkara
puṣkarasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular (एकवचन)
samenaequally; with equal measure
samena:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially: 'equally'
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adversative/contrast particle (निपात)