Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 127
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
एवं द्वीपाः समुद्रैस्तु सप्त सप्तभिरावृताः / द्वीपस्यानन्तरो यस्तु सामुद्रस्तत्समस्तु सः
Transliteration
evaṃ dvīpāḥ samudraistu sapta saptabhirāvṛtāḥ / dvīpasyānantaro yastu sāmudrastatsamastu saḥ
Translation
આ રીતે દ્વીપો સાત સાત સમુદ્રોથી આવૃત છે; દરેક દ્વીપ પછીનો સમુદ્ર તે દ્વીપ સમાન છે.
Word by Word
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
dvīpāḥislands
dvīpāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)
samudraiḥby oceans; with oceans
samudraiḥ:
Karana (करण/instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootsamudra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) Plural (बहुवचन)
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)
saptaseven
sapta:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
FormNumeral (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-like in form here; qualifying count
saptabhiḥby seven (oceans)
saptabhiḥ:
Karana (करण/instrument/means)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
FormNumeral (संख्यावाचक) used as adjective; Instrumental (तृतीया) Plural (बहुवचन)
āvṛtāḥare surrounded
āvṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootā + vṛ (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: Past Passive Participle (क्त/कर्मणि), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); from √vṛ with prefix ā-
dvīpasyaof an island
dvīpasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootdvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular (एकवचन)
anantaraḥimmediately following
anantaraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanantara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); agrees with (samudraḥ implied/next)
yaḥwhich
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/relative subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun (यद्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)
sāmudraḥ(that) ocean
sāmudraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/predicate-noun)
TypeNoun
Rootsāmudra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
tatthat
tat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDemonstrative pronoun (तद्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन); correlating with yaḥ
samaḥequal
samaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)
saḥit/he
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/copular subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDemonstrative pronoun (तद्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)