Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 22
Kiṃpuruṣa–Harivarṣa–Ilāvṛta-varṣa-varṇanam
Description of the Varṣas: Kiṃpuruṣa, Hari, and Ilāvṛta
Devanagari script
इलावृतं चतुष्कोणं भिन्दन्ती मध्यभागतः / प्रभिन्नाञ्जनसंकाशा जम्बूरसवती नदी
Transliteration
ilāvṛtaṃ catuṣkoṇaṃ bhindantī madhyabhāgataḥ / prabhinnāñjanasaṃkāśā jambūrasavatī nadī
Translation
मध्य भाग से इलावृत नामक चतुष्कोण प्रदेश को चीरती हुई, टूटी अंजन-शिला के समान काली आभा वाली जम्बूरसवती नदी बहती है।
Word by Word
ilā-vṛtamIlāvṛta (region)
ilā-vṛtam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootilā (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); proper place-name; तत्पुरुषः (ilāyāḥ vṛtam)
catuṣ-koṇamfour-cornered
catuṣ-koṇam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatuṣ (प्रातिपदिक) + koṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); द्विगु-समासः ‘four-cornered’
bhindantīsplitting/cleaving
bhindantī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeVerb
Rootbhid (धातु) → bhindantī (कृदन्त)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त), Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada sense
madhya-bhāgataḥfrom the middle portion
madhya-bhāgataḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmadhya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्)
FormAblative adverbial (तसिल्) ‘from the middle part’; internal compound madhyabhāga (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-like) + taḥ
prabhinna-añjana-saṃkāśādark like crushed collyrium
prabhinna-añjana-saṃkāśā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootprabhinna (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + añjana (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective of nadī; तत्पुरुषः ‘prabhinnasya añjanasya saṃkāśā’ (like crushed collyrium/black pigment)
jambū-rasa-vatīpossessing jambū-juice
jambū-rasa-vatī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootjambū (प्रातिपदिक) + rasa (प्रातिपदिक) + vatī (प्रत्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); possessive adjective with -vatī ‘having’; compound sense ‘having jambū-juice’
nadīriver
nadī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootnadī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)