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
આ અધ્યાયનો બારમો શ્લોક—સત્સંગથી વિવેક સિદ્ધ થાય છે; વિવેકથી ધર્મમાર્ગ પ્રકાશિત થાય છે; તેથી શાંતિ પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે।
Word by Word
daitya-īśvarasyaof the lord of the Daityas
daitya-īśvarasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (daityānām īśvaraḥ)
deva-ṛṣeO divine seer
deva-ṛṣe:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः (devaś ca asau ṛṣiś ca)
tat-nāmnāby that name
tat-nāmnā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); ‘by that name’
tīrthamthe tīrtha (holy place)
tīrtham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
ucyateis called
ucyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
devāḥthe gods
devāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
yataḥwhere/from which
yataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatas (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable relative adverb (अव्यय)
abhavanbecame/were
abhavan:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
sarveall
sarve:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with devāḥ
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
sthānein the place
sthāne:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)
mahā-mateO great-minded one
mahā-mate:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहिः (mahā matiḥ yasya)
Speaker
Narrator addressing a sage (likely Nārada in the surrounding context)
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