Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 5
दिक्पालादि-शिवलोकान्तर-कथनम्
Account of the Dikpālas and Intervening Realms toward Śiva’s Worlds
Devanagari script
वाप्याममृतमय्यां तु वर्तते तोयतां गतम् / तद्गन्धाघ्राणमात्रेण सिद्धिकान्तापतिर्भवेत्
Transliteration
vāpyāmamṛtamayyāṃ tu vartate toyatāṃ gatam / tadgandhāghrāṇamātreṇa siddhikāntāpatirbhavet
Translation
अमृतमयी वापी में वह द्रव जलरूप होकर स्थित रहता है; उसकी गन्ध का केवल घ्राण करने से ही सिद्धि और कान्ति का स्वामी हो जाता है।
Word by Word
vāpyāmin the pond
vāpyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
TypeNoun
Rootvāpī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
amṛta-mayyāmmade of nectar
amṛta-mayyām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootamṛta + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; -maya = consisting of
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; contrastive particle (तु)
vartateexists/is present
vartate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvṛt (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथम-पुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada
toyatāmthe state of water (watery form)
toyatām:
Karma (कर्म/result state)
TypeNoun
Roottoyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; abstract noun ‘state of being water’
gatamhaving become/turned into
gatam:
Karta (कर्ता/predicate complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootgam (धातु)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; PPP (क्त) used predicatively with implied ‘amṛtam’
tat-gandha-āghrāṇa-mātreṇaby merely smelling its fragrance
tat-gandha-āghrāṇa-mātreṇa:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad + gandha + āghrāṇa + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
siddhi-kāntā-patiḥthe lord of Siddhi’s beloved (i.e., Śiva)
siddhi-kāntā-patiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsiddhi + kāntā + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
bhavetwould become
bhavet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथम-पुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)