Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 13

Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala

Earth after Pralaya

Devanagari script

सप्तसप्त तु वर्षाणि तस्या द्वीपेषु सप्तसु / विषमाणि समीकृत्य शिलाभिरभितो गिरीन्

Transliteration

saptasapta tu varṣāṇi tasyā dvīpeṣu saptasu / viṣamāṇi samīkṛtya śilābhirabhito girīn

Translation

For seven times seven years, upon her seven continents, he leveled the uneven places and, with stones all around, made the mountains firm.

Word by Word

• sapta-sapta: seven and seven (i.e., seven each)
• sapta-sapta: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक) + sapta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu-samāsa (numerical compound) used adjectivally; indeclinable-like numeral qualifier to varṣāṇi

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle)

• varṣāṇi: years
• varṣāṇi: Karma (कर्म; counted items)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc., 1st/2nd), Bahuvacana; here accusative as object of implied ‘made/arranged’ or nominative in enumeration

• tasyāḥ: of her/of that (earth)
• tasyāḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध; possession)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana

• dvīpeṣu: in the continents/islands
• dvīpeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Bahuvacana

• saptasu: in the seven
• saptasu: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक; numeral)
• Form: Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Bahuvacana; agrees with dvīpeṣu

• viṣamāṇi: uneven (parts)
• viṣamāṇi: Karma (कर्म; object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana; object of samīkṛtya (things made even)

• samīkṛtya: having levelled
• samīkṛtya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (absolutive/gerund)

• śilābhiḥ: with rocks/stones
• śilābhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण; instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana

• abhitaḥ: around/on all sides
• abhitaḥ: Deśa (देश; spatial adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: abhitaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśāvyaya (adverb) ‘around/on all sides’

• girīn: mountains
• girīn: Karma (कर्म; object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana