Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 84
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
देवर्षिगन्धर्वयुतः प्रथमो मेरुरुच्यते / प्रागायतः स सौवर्णो ह्युदयो नाम पर्वतः
Transliteration
devarṣigandharvayutaḥ prathamo merurucyate / prāgāyataḥ sa sauvarṇo hyudayo nāma parvataḥ
Translation
देवर्षियों और गन्धर्वों से युक्त प्रथम पर्वत ‘मेरु’ कहा जाता है। पूर्व की ओर विस्तृत वह स्वर्णमय ‘उदय’ नामक पर्वत है।
Word by Word
devarṣi-gandharva-yutaḥaccompanied by divine seers and Gandharvas
devarṣi-gandharva-yutaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdeva-ṛṣi-gandharva-yuta (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); yuta = 'endowed/associated with'
prathamaḥthe first
prathamaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprathama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
meruḥMeru (mountain)
meruḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmeru (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
ucyateis called
ucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्; present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), karmaṇi-prayoga (कर्मणि; passive)
prāk-āyataḥextended eastward
prāk-āyataḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprāk-āyata (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
saḥthat (mountain)
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma; Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
sauvarṇaḥgolden
sauvarṇaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsuvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
hiindeed, for
hi:
Avadhāraṇa/Hetu (अवधारण/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (निपात)
udayaḥUdaya (name)
udayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootudaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
nāmaby name
nāma:
Saṃjñā-bodhaka (संज्ञाबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; nomen particle (नाम-निपात) indicating appellation
parvataḥmountain
parvataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootparvata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)