Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 29
Agnibheda–Vaṃśa: Forms of Agni, Their Functions, and Progeny (अग्निभेद-वंशः)
Devanagari script
प्रशान्तो ऽग्निः प्रचेतास्तु द्वितीयश्चात्र नामकः / ततो ऽग्निर्वैश्वदेवस्तु ब्राह्मणाच्छंसिरुच्यते
Transliteration
praśānto 'gniḥ pracetāstu dvitīyaścātra nāmakaḥ / tato 'gnirvaiśvadevastu brāhmaṇācchaṃsirucyate
Translation
यहाँ दूसरा अग्नि ‘प्रचेताः’ नाम से कहा गया है, और ‘प्रशान्त’ भी कहलाता है। इसके बाद ‘वैश्वदेव’ अग्नि को ‘ब्राह्मणाच्छंसि’ कहा जाता है।
Word by Word
praśāntaḥcalmed, pacified
praśāntaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of agniḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootpraśānta (कृदन्त; √śam उपशमे)
FormPuṃliṅga (masc.), Prathamā vibhakti (nom. 1st), Ekavacana (sg.); kta-participle used adjectivally
agniḥAgni (fire-deity)
agniḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) / topic
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (nom.), Ekavacana
pracetāḥPracetā (name)
pracetāḥ:
Samānādhikaraṇa (apposition) to agniḥ
TypeNoun
Rootpracetā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (nom.), Ekavacana; proper name
tuindeed/and/but
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle), adversative/emphatic
dvitīyaḥthe second
dvitīyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of (agniḥ/pracetāḥ) implied
TypeAdjective
Rootdvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (nom.), Ekavacana; ordinal adjective
caand
ca:
Sambandha-bodhaka
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)
atrahere
atra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) (contextual location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
FormDeśa-avyaya (locative adverb)
nāmakaḥnamed, called
nāmakaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa / samānādhikaraṇa to subject
TypeAdjective
Rootnāmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (nom.), Ekavacana; ‘named/called’
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Sambandha-bodhaka (sequence)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAblative adverb (tatas), sequence marker
agniḥAgni
agniḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) / topic
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (nom.), Ekavacana
vaiśvadevaḥVaiśvadeva (belonging to all gods)
vaiśvadevaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa / samānādhikaraṇa to agniḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootvaiśvadeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (nom.), Ekavacana; epithet
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle)
brāhmaṇātfrom a brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇāt:
Apādāna (अपादान) (source: ‘from/by a brāhmaṇa’)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Pañcamī vibhakti (abl. 5th), Ekavacana
śaṃsiḥthe reciter/praiser (Śaṃsi)
śaṃsiḥ:
Pratipādya-nāma (predicate/appellation) with ucyate
TypeNoun
Rootśaṃsin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (nom.), Ekavacana; agent noun ‘reciter/praiser’
ucyateis called
ucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; karmaṇi-prayoga (passive)