Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 17
Bhārgavaṃ prati Varuṇāgamanaṃ
Varuṇa’s Approach to Bhārgava/Paraśurāma
Devanagari script
गत्वा स्रुवोपतद्राजन्योजनानां शतद्वयम् / तीर्थं शुर्पारकं नाम सर्वपापविमोचनम्
Transliteration
gatvā sruvopatadrājanyojanānāṃ śatadvayam / tīrthaṃ śurpārakaṃ nāma sarvapāpavimocanam
Translation
हे राजन्, स्रुव दो सौ योजन दूर जाकर गिरा—वह ‘शूर्पारक’ नामक तीर्थ है, जो समस्त पापों का विमोचन करने वाला है।
Word by Word
gatvāhaving gone
gatvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त): ‘having gone’
sruvaḥthe ladle
sruvaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsruva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
upatadfell/landed
upatad:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootupa-√pat (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular; ‘fell down/landed’
rājan-yojanānāmof royal yojanas
rājan-yojanānām:
Parimāṇa-sambandha (परिमाणसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी): rājñaḥ yojanāni (royal yojanas); Neuter/masc. ‘yojana’ treated as neuter here; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
śata-dvayamtwo hundred
śata-dvayam:
Kāla-deśa-parimāṇa (परिमाण)
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvigu (द्विगु) numeral compound meaning 200; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular (as measure)
tīrthama sacred ford/place
tīrtham:
Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular
śurpārakamŚūrpāraka
śurpārakam:
Viśeṣya-nirdeśa (विशेष्यनिर्देश)
TypeNoun
Rootśurpāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; apposition to ‘tīrtham’
nāmanamed/called
nāma:
Saṃjñā-bodhaka (संज्ञाबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya used as indeclinable particle meaning ‘by name/called’ (नाम-निपात)
sarva-pāpa-vimocanamremover of all sins
sarva-pāpa-vimocanam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vimocana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय sense): sarvāṇi pāpāni vimocayati/tat; Neuter, Nominative, Singular qualifying ‘tīrtham’