Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 19
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
षड्विंशतिसहस्राणि वर्षाणि मानुषाणि तु / वर्षाणां तु शतं ज्ञेयं दिव्यो ह्येष विधिः स्मृतः
Transliteration
ṣaḍviṃśatisahasrāṇi varṣāṇi mānuṣāṇi tu / varṣāṇāṃ tu śataṃ jñeyaṃ divyo hyeṣa vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ
Translation
Twenty-six thousand human years; and a hundred years are to be known as the divine measure—such is the heavenly ordinance remembered.
Word by Word
ṣaḍ-viṃśati-sahasrāṇitwenty-six thousands
ṣaḍ-viṃśati-sahasrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaṭ (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; dvigu compound numeral: 'twenty-six thousand(s)'
varṣāṇiyears
varṣāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; apposition to sahasrāṇi
mānuṣāṇihuman
mānuṣāṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; adjective qualifying varṣāṇi
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis/contrast
varṣāṇāmof years
varṣāṇām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
śatama hundred
śatam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) / Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; here nominative as predicate complement
jñeyamis to be known
jñeyam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु) + ya (णीय/यत् कृत्)
FormGerundive/obligatory participle (णीय/यत्), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; impersonal: 'is to be known'
divyaḥdivine
divyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; adjective qualifying vidhiḥ
hifor/indeed
hi:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), causal/emphatic
eṣaḥthis
eṣaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun qualifying vidhiḥ
vidhiḥrule/method
vidhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
smṛtaḥis said
smṛtaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicative: 'is said/remembered'