Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 56
बलाहकादिसप्तसेनानायकप्रेषणम् (Dispatch of the Seven Commanders beginning with Balāhaka) / Lalitopākhyāna War Continuation
Devanagari script
योजनायतमूर्तिः सन्वेतालः क्रूरलोचनः / श्मशानभूमौ वेतालो मन्त्रेणानेन साधितः
Transliteration
yojanāyatamūrtiḥ sanvetālaḥ krūralocanaḥ / śmaśānabhūmau vetālo mantreṇānena sādhitaḥ
Translation
Of a form a yojana in length, that Vetāla, fierce and cruel-eyed; upon the ground of the śmaśāna, the Vetāla was mastered by this very mantra.
Word by Word
yojanāyata-mūrtiḥhaving a body extending a yojana
yojanāyata-mūrtiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootyojanāyata (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः)
san-vetālaḥa (particular) vetāla
san-vetālaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsan (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vetāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'san-' उपसर्गयुक्त-प्रातिपदिक
krūra-locanaḥcruel-eyed
krūra-locanaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkrūra (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः
śmaśāna-bhūmauin the cremation-ground area
śmaśāna-bhūmau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootśmaśāna (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (श्मशानस्य भूमिः)
vetālaḥthe vetāla
vetālaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvetāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
mantreṇaby a mantra
mantreṇa:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
anenaby this
anena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
sādhitaḥwas accomplished/controlled (by the mantra)
sādhitaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√sādh (धातु) → sādhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थे ‘सिद्धः/वशीकृतः’