Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 15

दिक्पालादि-शिवलोकान्तर-कथनम्

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

Devanagari script

कोटिशस्तत्र ताराया नाविक्यो नवयौवनाः / मुहुर्गायन्ति नृत्यन्ति देव्याः पुण्यतमं यशः

Transliteration

koṭiśastatra tārāyā nāvikyo navayauvanāḥ / muhurgāyanti nṛtyanti devyāḥ puṇyatamaṃ yaśaḥ

Translation

There, by countless koṭis, are Tārā’s boatmaidens in the bloom of youth; again and again they sing and dance, praising the Goddess’s most holy renown.

Word by Word

• koṭiśaḥ: in crores
• koṭiśaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: koṭiśaḥ (अव्यय; कोटि-शस्)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक (adverb of number: 'by crores/in crores')

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• tārāyāḥ: of Tārā
• tārāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• nāvikyaḥ: boatwomen/female boatmen
• nāvikyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāvikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• nava-yauvanāḥ: freshly youthful
• nava-yauvanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of nāvikyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava + yauvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural); नवम् एव यौवनम् येषाम् (fresh youth)

• muhuḥ: again and again
• muhuḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनःपुनः-अर्थे (adverb: 'repeatedly')

• gāyanti: they sing
• gāyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gai (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• nṛtyanti: they dance
• nṛtyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• devyāḥ: of the Goddess
• devyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• puṇyatamam: most holy
• puṇyatamam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of yaśaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇyatama (प्रातिपदिक; पुण्य-तम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); अतिशय (superlative)

• yaśaḥ: glory/fame
• yaśaḥ: Karma (कर्म/Object: what they sing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaśas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)