Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 9
Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
Devanagari script
पृथक्तास्तु समीकृत्य पृथिव्यां सो ऽचिनोद्गिरीन् / प्राक्सर्गे दह्यमाने तु पुरा संवर्त काग्निना
Transliteration
pṛthaktāstu samīkṛtya pṛthivyāṃ so 'cinodgirīn / prāksarge dahyamāne tu purā saṃvarta kāgninā
Translation
उसने पृथक् पड़े हुए अंशों को समेटकर पृथ्वी पर पर्वतों का संचय किया। प्राक्-सर्ग में जब संवर्त-अग्नि से सब कुछ दग्ध हो रहा था, तब भी।
Word by Word
pṛthaktāḥseparated, distinct
pṛthaktāḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-सम्बन्धः; predicate to subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootpṛthaktā (प्रातिपदिक; pṛthak + tā)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural); predicative adjective
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle); contrast/emphasis
samīkṛtyahaving made even/levelled
samīkṛtya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; adverbial to main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-√kṛ (धातु)
FormKtvā-pratyaya (absolutive/gerund), pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action)
pṛthivyāmon the earth
pṛthivyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; location)
TypeNoun
Rootpṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana; pronoun
acinotcollected/heaped up
acinot:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ci (धातु)
FormLaṅ-lakāra (Imperfect/past), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular)
girīnmountains
girīn:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootgiri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana (Plural)
prāk-sargein the former creation
prāk-sarge:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण; time)
TypeNoun
Rootprāk (अव्यय) + sarga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva-samāsa; Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana; ‘prāk’ governs sense ‘before’
dahyamānewhile (it was) being burnt
dahyamāne:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण; time circumstance)
TypeVerb
Root√dah (धातु)
FormŚatṛ/Śānac-pratyaya (present passive participle), Karmaṇi (passive), Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana; agrees with prāk-sarge
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle)
purāformerly
purā:
Kāla (काल; time adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
FormKālavyaya (temporal adverb)
saṃvarta-kāgnināby the fire of dissolution (saṃvarta)
saṃvarta-kāgninā:
Karaṇa (करण; instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃvarta (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormṢaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (genitive determinative: saṃvartasya agniḥ); Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana