Shloka 2

दिक्पालादि-शिवलोकान्तर-कथनम्

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

Devanagari script

सहस्रस्तम्भशालस्यातरमारुतयोजने / मनो नाम महाशालः सर्वरत्नविचित्रितः

Transliteration

sahasrastambhaśālasyātaramārutayojane / mano nāma mahāśālaḥ sarvaratnavicitritaḥ

Translation

À une yojana, dans le sens du vent depuis la salle aux mille colonnes, s’élève un grand palais nommé Mano, orné de toutes sortes de gemmes.

Word by Word

• sahasra-stambha-śālasya: of the hall with a thousand pillars
• sahasra-stambha-śālasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra + stambha + śāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• ātara: at a distance/interval
• ātara: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/measure-location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially with measure

• māruta-yojane: at (the measure of) a wind-yojana
• māruta-yojane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māruta + yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; measure phrase

• manaḥ: Manas (name of a palace/hall)
• manaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

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

• mahā-śālaḥ: a great hall
• mahā-śālaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + śāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarva-ratna-vicitritaḥ: adorned with all kinds of jewels
• sarva-ratna-vicitritaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + ratna + vicitr (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past participle adjective from vi+citṛ (विचित्रित = adorned)