Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 10
Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
Devanagari script
तेनाग्निना विलीनास्ते पर्वता भुवि सर्वशः / शैल्यादेकार्णवे तस्मिन्वायुना ये तु संहिताः
Transliteration
tenāgninā vilīnāste parvatā bhuvi sarvaśaḥ / śailyādekārṇave tasminvāyunā ye tu saṃhitāḥ
Translation
By that fire the mountains everywhere on earth were melted away; and in that single ocean, the rocky masses were gathered together by the wind.
Word by Word
tenaby that
tena:
Karaṇa (करण; instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
FormPuṃliṅga/napuṃsaka-prayoga (pronoun), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana
agnināby fire
agninā:
Karaṇa (करण; instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana
vilīnāḥmelted/dissolved
vilīnāḥ:
Karta-anvaya (predicate to subject)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√lī (धातु)
FormKta-pratyaya (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana; predicate adjective
tethose
te:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana; pronoun
parvatāḥmountains
parvatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; apposition to te)
TypeNoun
Rootparvata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana
bhuvion the earth
bhuvi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; location)
TypeNoun
Rootbhū (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana
sarvaśaḥeverywhere/entirely
sarvaśaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvaśas (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (adverb) meaning ‘entirely/everywhere’
śailyātfrom the mountain (mass)
śailyāt:
Apādāna (अपादान; source)
TypeNoun
Rootśaila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana
eka-arṇavein the single ocean
eka-arṇave:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; location)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक) + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (descriptive: ‘one’ + ‘ocean’); Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; location)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana; deictic pronoun
vāyunāby wind
vāyunā:
Karaṇa (करण; instrument/agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootvāyu (प्रातिपदik)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana
yewhich/that (those who)
ye:
Karta (कर्ता; subject of relative clause)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana; relative pronoun
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle)
saṃhitāḥwere gathered/compacted together
saṃhitāḥ:
Karta-anvaya (predicate to ye)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-√dhā / sam-√hi (धातु; ‘to put together’)
FormKta-pratyaya (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana