Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 12
Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
Devanagari script
गिरयो हि निगीर्णत्वादयनात्तु शिलोच्चयाः / तत स्तावासमुद्धृत्य क्षितिमंतर्जलात्प्रभुः
Transliteration
girayo hi nigīrṇatvādayanāttu śiloccayāḥ / tata stāvāsamuddhṛtya kṣitimaṃtarjalātprabhuḥ
Translation
निगले जाने के कारण वे ‘गिरि’ और शिलाओं के उच्चय होने से ‘शिलोच्चय’ कहलाए। तब प्रभु ने उन्हें उठाकर जल के भीतर से पृथ्वी को बाहर निकाला।
Word by Word
girayaḥmountains
girayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Rootgiri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana
hiindeed/for
hi:
Sambandha (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle) giving reason/emphasis
nigīrṇatvātbecause of being swallowed/engulfed
nigīrṇatvāt:
Hetu (हेतु; cause)
TypeNoun
Rootni-√gṝ (धातु) → nigīrṇa (कृदन्त) + -tva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAbstract noun in -tva; Napuṃsaka, Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana
ayanātbecause of moving/going (or ‘from their course’)
ayanāt:
Hetu (हेतु; cause)
TypeNoun
Rootayana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsaka, Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle)
śiloccayāḥheaps of rocks
śiloccayāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootśilā (प्रातिपदिक) + uccaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (determinative: śilānām uccayaḥ); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana
tataḥthen/thereupon
tataḥ:
Kāla/Anukrama (काल/अनुक्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (adverb) indicating sequence ‘then/from that’
tānthose (mountains)
tān:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana
asamuddhṛtyawithout lifting up / not having raised
asamuddhṛtya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; adverbial)
TypeVerb
Roota- + sam-ud-√hṛ (धातु)
FormKtvā-pratyaya (absolutive/gerund) with negative prefix a-; pūrvakāla-kriyā
kṣitimthe earth
kṣitim:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣiti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana
antarjalātfrom within the waters
antarjalāt:
Apādāna (अपादान; source)
TypeNoun
Rootantar (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + jala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva (antar + jala = ‘within water’); Napuṃsaka, Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana
prabhuḥthe Lord
prabhuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana