Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 6
Lalitopākhyāna: Devagaṇa-samāgamaḥ and Śrīnagaryāḥ Nirmāṇam
Assembly of Devas; Construction and Splendor of the Divine City
Devanagari script
विद्याधिदेवता श्यामा समाजग्मतुरंबिकाम् / ब्राहयाद्या मातरश्चैव स्वस्वभूतगणावृताः
Transliteration
vidyādhidevatā śyāmā samājagmaturaṃbikām / brāhayādyā mātaraścaiva svasvabhūtagaṇāvṛtāḥ
Translation
विद्या की अधिदेवता श्यामा अम्बिका के पास आईं; ब्राह्मी आदि मातृकाएँ भी अपने-अपने भूतगणों से घिरी हुईं पहुँचीं।
Word by Word
vidyā-adhi-devatāthe presiding deity of knowledge
vidyā-adhi-devatā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + adhi (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘presiding deity over knowledge’
śyāmāŚyāmā
śyāmā:
Karta (कर्ता) (co-subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśyāmā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); proper name/epithet
samājagmatuḥboth went/arrived
samājagmatuḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√gam (गम् धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Dual (द्विवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
ambikāmto Ambikā
ambikām:
Karma (कर्म) (goal/object of going)
TypeNoun
Rootambikā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
brāhmī-ādyāḥbeginning with Brāhmī
brāhmī-ādyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrāhmī (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘beginning with Brāhmī’
mātaraḥthe Mothers (Mātṛkās)
mātaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle/emphasis (निपात)
sva-sva-bhūta-gaṇa-āvṛtāḥsurrounded by their own troops of beings
sva-sva-bhūta-gaṇa-āvṛtāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) (qualifies mātaraḥ)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + sva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āvṛta (आवृत, क्त-कृदन्त from ā-√vṛ)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); bahupada-tatpuruṣa: ‘surrounded by their own hosts of beings’