Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 18

Bhārgavaṃ prati Varuṇāgamanaṃ

Varuṇa’s Approach to Bhārgava/Paraśurāma

Devanagari script

विश्रुतं यत्त्रिलोकेषु तीरे नदनदीपतेः / तीर्थं तदन्तरीकृत्य स्रुवो रामकराच्च्युतः

Transliteration

viśrutaṃ yattrilokeṣu tīre nadanadīpateḥ / tīrthaṃ tadantarīkṛtya sruvo rāmakarāccyutaḥ

Translation

Ce tīrtha, renommé dans les trois mondes et situé sur la rive du seigneur des fleuves et rivières (l’Océan), fut franchi par le sruva échappé de la main de Rāma, qui y tomba.

Word by Word

• viśrutam: well-known
• viśrutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√śru (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; qualifying ‘tīrtham’

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; relative pronoun referring to ‘tīrtham’

• tri-lokeṣu: in the three worlds
• tri-lokeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu: three worlds; Masculine, Locative (7th), Plural

• tīre: on the bank
• tīre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• nada-nadī-pateḥ: of the lord of rivers and streams
• nada-nadī-pateḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nada (प्रातिपदिक) + nadī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी): nadānāṃ nadīnām ca patiḥ; Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular

• tīrtham: the sacred ford
• tīrtham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; demonstrative agreeing with ‘tīrtham’

• antarīkṛtya: having interposed
• antarīkṛtya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: antar-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त): ‘having placed in between/inserted/interposed’

• sruvaḥ: the ladle
• sruvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• rāma-karāt: from Rama’s hand
• rāma-karāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी): rāmasya karaḥ; Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular

• cyutaḥ: fallen/slipped
• cyutaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cyu (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate of ‘sruvaḥ’