Shloka 18
अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures
Devanagari script
पर्यासपरिमाणेन भूमेस्तुल्यं दिवः स्मृतम् / सप्तानामपि द्वीपानामेत त्स्थानं प्रकीर्तितम्
Transliteration
paryāsaparimāṇena bhūmestulyaṃ divaḥ smṛtam / saptānāmapi dvīpānāmeta tsthānaṃ prakīrtitam
Translation
परिधि-परिमाण से आकाश का मण्डल पृथ्वी के तुल्य कहा गया है; यही सातों द्वीपों का स्थान घोषित किया गया है।
Word by Word
paryāsa-parimāṇenaby the circuit-measure
paryāsa-parimāṇena:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootparyāsa + parimāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘by the measure of the circuit’
bhūmeḥof the earth
bhūmeḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), singular
tulyamequal
tulyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/predicate)
TypeAdjective
Roottulya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, nominative/accusative singular; predicative adjective
divaḥof heaven/sky
divaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdiv (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), singular
smṛtamis said/considered
smṛtam:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootsmṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ स्मृ)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), neuter, nominative/accusative singular; impersonal predication ‘is said’
saptānāmof seven
saptānām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral adjective, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), plural; agrees with dvīpānām
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) meaning ‘also/even’
dvīpānāmof the continents/islands
dvīpānām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, genitive (6th/षष्ठी), plural
etatthis
etat:
Viśeṣya (विशेष्य; that which is described)
TypeNoun
Rootetat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, neuter, nominative/accusative singular
sthānamplace/position
sthānam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootsthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, nominative/accusative singular
prakīrtitamis proclaimed/declared
prakīrtitam:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootprakīrtita (कृदन्त; √kīrt कीर्त् with pra-)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), neuter, nominative/accusative singular; predicative ‘is proclaimed’