Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 76

कैलास-मन्दाकिनी-स्वच्छोदा-लौहित्य-सरयू-उद्गमवर्णनम्

Kailāsa and the Origins of Mandākinī, Svacchodā, Lauhitya, and Sarayū

Devanagari script

चन्द्रः काकस्तथा द्रोणः सुमहान्तः शिलोच्चयाः / उदग्याता उदीच्यान्ता अवगाढा महोदधिम्

Transliteration

candraḥ kākastathā droṇaḥ sumahāntaḥ śiloccayāḥ / udagyātā udīcyāntā avagāḍhā mahodadhim

Translation

चन्द्र, काक और द्रोण—ये अत्यन्त विशाल शिलापर्वत—उत्तर की ओर विस्तृत होकर महान समुद्र में डूब गए।

Word by Word

• candraḥ: Candra (a mountain)
• candraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st: प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kākaḥ: Kāka (a mountain)
• kākaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st: प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb/conjunctive (तथाशब्द-अव्यय)

• droṇaḥ: Droṇa (a mountain)
• droṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: droṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st: प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• su-mahāntaḥ: very great
• su-mahāntaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + mahant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st: प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective to śiloccayāḥ; karmadhāraya: ‘very great’

• śilā-uccayāḥ: rocky masses (mountains)
• śilā-uccayāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā + uccaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st: प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: ‘heaps/masses of rock’

• udak-yātāḥ: gone northward
• udak-yātāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udak + yāta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st: प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); past participial sense ‘gone’; tatpuruṣa: ‘gone northward (udak = north)’

• udīcya-antāḥ: ending in the north
• udīcya-antāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udīcya + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st: प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: ‘having the northern end/limit’

• avagāḍhāḥ: plunged into
• avagāḍhāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ava + gāh (धातु) + ta (क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कर्मणि), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st: प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mahā-udadhiṃ: the great ocean
• mahā-udadhiṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + udadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd: द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: ‘great ocean’