Brahma Purana — Devasthana Tirtha: Origin, Naming, and the Eighteen Sacred Fords, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

दैत्येश्वरस्य देवर्षे तन्नाम्ना तीर्थम् उच्यते देवा यतो ऽभवन् सर्वे तत्र स्थाने महामते //

Translation

Esta entrada solo consigna el número «12» como identificador; no se aporta el texto sánscrito para traducir su contenido.

Word by Word

• daitya-īśvarasya: of the lord of the Daityas
• daitya-īśvarasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (daityānām īśvaraḥ)

• deva-ṛṣe: O divine seer
• deva-ṛṣe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः (devaś ca asau ṛṣiś ca)

• tat-nāmnā: by that name
• tat-nāmnā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); ‘by that name’

• tīrtham: the tīrtha (holy place)
• tīrtham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yataḥ: where/from which
• yataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable relative adverb (अव्यय)

• abhavan: became/were
• abhavan: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with devāḥ

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• sthāne: in the place
• sthāne: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• mahā-mate: O great-minded one
• mahā-mate: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहिः (mahā matiḥ yasya)

Speaker

• Narrator addressing a sage (likely Nārada in the surrounding context)