Shloka 1

दिक्पालादि-शिवलोकान्तर-कथनम्

Account of the Dikpālas and Intervening Realms toward Śiva’s Worlds

Devanagari script

इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डमहापुराणे उत्तरभागे हयग्रीवागस्त्य संवादे ललितोपाख्याने दिक्पालादिशिवलोकान्तरकथनं ना चतुस्त्रिंशो ऽध्यायः हयग्रीव उवाच अथ वापीत्र यादीनां कक्ष्याभेदान्प्रचक्ष्महे / एषां श्रवणमात्रेण जायते श्रीमहोदयः

Transliteration

iti śrībrahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge hayagrīvāgastya saṃvāde lalitopākhyāne dikpālādiśivalokāntarakathanaṃ nā catustriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ hayagrīva uvāca atha vāpītra yādīnāṃ kakṣyābhedānpracakṣmahe / eṣāṃ śravaṇamātreṇa jāyate śrīmahodayaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the Uttara section, in the dialogue of Hayagrīva and Agastya, within the Lalitā episode, is the thirty-fourth chapter, describing the intervening realms of the Dikpālas and the worlds of Śiva. Hayagrīva said: Now we shall declare the distinctions of their several tiers (kakṣyā); by the mere hearing of these, great auspicious prosperity (śrī-mahodaya) arises.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotation/closure particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahā-purāṇe: in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + brahmāṇḍa + mahā + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound title-locative

• uttara-bhāge: in the latter section
• uttara-bhāge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• hayagrīva-agastya-saṃvāde: in the dialogue of Hayagrīva and Agastya
• hayagrīva-agastya-saṃvāde: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hayagrīva + agastya + saṃvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; dialogue between Hayagrīva and Agastya

• lalitā-upākhyāne: in the Lalitā episode
• lalitā-upākhyāne: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lalitā + upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• dikpāla-ādi-śiva-loka-antara-kathanam: the narration of the interspaces/intervals of the worlds of the Dikpālas etc. and Śiva
• dikpāla-ādi-śiva-loka-antara-kathanam: Karta (कर्ता/subject as heading)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dikpāla + ādi + śiva + loka + antara + kathana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; chapter-topic title

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/naming)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: Avyaya; naming particle (नाम-निपात)

• catustriṃśaḥ: thirty-fourth
• catustriṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catustriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal used adjectivally

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject as heading)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• hayagrīvaḥ: Hayagrīva
• hayagrīvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hayagrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथम-पुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• atha: now/then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; discourse connector (अथ)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/option)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; alternative particle (वा)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic/inclusive particle (अपि)

• itra: here (in this context)
• itra: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/deixis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: itra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deictic particle (इत्र = here/now in this context)

• yādīnām: of the ‘yā’ etc. (series)
• yādīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (class-name), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kakṣyā-bhedān: the divisions of the enclosures/sections
• kakṣyā-bhedān: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kakṣyā + bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pracakṣmahe: we describe
• pracakṣmahe: Kriyā (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + cakṣ (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 1st Person (उत्तम-पुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Ātmanepada

• eṣām: of these
• eṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); pronoun

• śravaṇa-mātreṇa: by mere hearing
• śravaṇa-mātreṇa: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथम-पुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada

• śrī-mahā-udayaḥ: great prosperity/auspicious rise
• śrī-mahā-udayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + mahā + udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)