Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 75
दिक्पालादि-शिवलोकान्तर-कथनम्
Account of the Dikpālas and Intervening Realms toward Śiva’s Worlds
Devanagari script
समस्तरत्नखचिते तत्र षड्योजनान्तरे / परितस्थलपद्मानि महाकाण्डानि संति वै
Transliteration
samastaratnakhacite tatra ṣaḍyojanāntare / paritasthalapadmāni mahākāṇḍāni saṃti vai
Translation
समस्त रत्नों से जड़े उस स्थान में, छह योजन के अंतर पर, चारों ओर भूमि के कमल और उनके विशाल काण्ड विद्यमान हैं।
Word by Word
samasta-ratna-khacitein (a place) inlaid with all gems
samasta-ratna-khacite:
Adhikaraṇa-viśeṣaṇa (अधिकरण-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsamasta (प्रातिपदिक) + ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + khacita (कृदन्त; √khac/खच्)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); khacita = 'inlaid/embedded'; locative qualifying implied sthale/āṭavyām
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAdverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
ṣaḍ-yojana-antareat a distance/interval of six yojanas
ṣaḍ-yojana-antare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaṭ (प्रातिपदिक) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः—'in an interval of six yojanas'
paritaḥall around
paritaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootparitaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण), meaning 'around'
sthala-padmāniground-lotuses
sthala-padmāni:
Karta (कर्ता) / Subject
TypeNoun
Rootsthala (प्रातिपदिक) + padma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारयः—'ground-lotuses' (lotuses on the ground)
mahā-kāṇḍānigreat stalks
mahā-kāṇḍāni:
Karta (कर्ता) / Subject (appositional/coordinate with padmāni)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारयः—'great stalks'
santiare, exist
santi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस्)
FormLaṭ (लट्, present), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
vaiindeed
vai:
Emphasis (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण-निपात)