Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 66
Ṣoḍaśāvaraṇa-cakre Rudrāṇāṃ Nāma-sthāna-nirdeśa
Rudras in the Sixteen-Enclosure Chakra
Devanagari script
अथो मरकताकारे शाले तत्सप्तयोजने / प्राकारो विद्रुमाकारः प्रातरर्यमपाटलः
Transliteration
atho marakatākāre śāle tatsaptayojane / prākāro vidrumākāraḥ prātararyamapāṭalaḥ
Translation
Then there was a hall of emerald-like form, spanning seven yojanas. Its surrounding rampart was like red coral, and at dawn it glowed with the gentle hue of the pāṭala blossom.
Word by Word
athothen
atho:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha + u (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक (then/and then)
marakata-ākārein/with an emerald-like form
marakata-ākāre:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location/Qualifier in locative)
TypeAdjective
Rootmarakata (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः मरकत+आकार (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः: 'मरकत-सदृश आकार')
śālein the hall
śāle:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootśālā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
tat-sapta-yojanein that (area) of seven yojanas
tat-sapta-yojane:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Measure-locative qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + sapta (संख्या) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समासः (सप्तयोजन = seven-yojana measure) + तत्-सम्बन्ध
prākāraḥrampart, enclosure wall
prākāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootprākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
vidruma-ākāraḥcoral-shaped, like coral
vidruma-ākāraḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootvidruma (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः ('विद्रुम इव आकारः')
prātaḥin the morning
prātaḥ:
Kala (काल/Time adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprātaḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: in the morning)
aryamaAryaman (sun/Āditya)
aryama:
Upamana/Upameya (उपमान/Comparative reference)
TypeNoun
Rootaryaman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
pāṭalaḥpinkish, pale-red
pāṭalaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāṭala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)