Brahma Purana — Devasthana Tirtha: Origin, Naming, and the Eighteen Sacred Fords, Shloka 13
Devanagari script
देवस्थानं तु तत् तीर्थं देवानाम् अपि दुर्लभम् यत्र देवेश्वरो देवो देवतीर्थं ततः स्मृतम् //
Translation
Syair ke-13 bab ini—pemujaan dewa, dana, tapa, dan kebenaran; inilah akar dharma yang berjalan demi kesejahteraan dunia.
Word by Word
deva-sthānamabode of the gods
deva-sthānam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānāṃ sthānam)
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable particle (अव्यय-निपात), adversative/emphatic
tatthat
tat:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with tīrtham
tīrthamholy place
tīrtham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
devānāmof the gods
devānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)
apieven/also
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable particle (अव्यय-निपात)
durlabhamhard to obtain/rare
durlabham:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdur (उपसर्ग) + labha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective of tīrtham
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable relative adverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
deva-īśvaraḥLord of the gods
deva-īśvaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānām īśvaraḥ)
devaḥthe god (Lord)
devaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to deveśvaraḥ
deva-tīrthamthe gods' tīrtha
deva-tīrtham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānāṃ tīrtham)
tataḥtherefore/from that
tataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (अव्यय), causal/ablatival sense ‘therefore/from that’
smṛtamis remembered/called
smṛtam:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate: ‘is remembered/called’
Speaker
Narrative voice continuing the tīrtha description