Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 85
ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana
Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering
Devanagari script
कल्पादौ संप्रवृत्तानि निर्मितानि स्वयंभुवा / स्थानान्येतानि तिष्ठन्ति यावदात्रूतसंप्लवम्
Transliteration
kalpādau saṃpravṛttāni nirmitāni svayaṃbhuvā / sthānānyetāni tiṣṭhanti yāvadātrūtasaṃplavam
Translation
कल्प के आरम्भ में ये प्रवृत्त हुए और स्वयंभू (ब्रह्मा) द्वारा निर्मित किए गए। ये स्थान तब तक स्थिर रहते हैं, जब तक प्रलय का महा-संप्लव न आ जाए।
Word by Word
kalpa-ādauat the beginning of the kalpa
kalpa-ādau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
saṃpravṛttāniset in motion/begun
saṃpravṛttāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-√vṛt (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
nirmitānicreated/constructed
nirmitāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootnir-√mā (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
svayaṃbhuvāby Svayaṃbhū (Brahmā)
svayaṃbhuvā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsvayaṃbhū (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
sthānānistations/places
sthānāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
etānithese
etāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tiṣṭhantistand/remain
tiṣṭhanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
yāvatuntil
yāvat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyāvat (अव्यय)
FormAdverb/conjunction of limit (अवधिबोधक अव्यय)
ātrūta-saṃplavamthe Ātrūta dissolution/deluge
ātrūta-saṃplavam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootātrūta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃplava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)