Brahma Purana — Brahmatirtha, Rudratirtha, and Sauryatirtha: The Sanctification of Brahma’s Severed Fifth Head, Shloka 22
Devanagari script
महादेवेन यच् छिन्नं ब्रह्मणः पञ्चमं शिरः क्षेत्रे ऽविमुक्ते संस्थाप्य देवतानां हितं कृतम् //
Translation
ស្លោក ២២៖ អ្នកប្រាជ្ញបានថ្លែងថា ការស្តាប់ និងការចងចាំព្រះកថា នាំឲ្យចិត្តស្ងប់ និងបញ្ញាភ្លឺថ្លា។
Word by Word
mahādevenaby Mahādeva (Śiva)
mahādevena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)
yatwhich
yat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/relative)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; relative pronoun referring to the act/thing
chinnamcut off
chinnam:
Kriya (क्रिया/participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootchid (छिद् धातु) + kta (क्त) (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘cut off’
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā
brahmaṇaḥ:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
pañcamamfifth
pañcamam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying śiraḥ
śiraḥhead
śiraḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśiras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
kṣetrein the sacred field/place
kṣetre:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
avimukteAvimukta (name of the holy place)
avimukte:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootavimukta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; adjective qualifying kṣetre (Avimukta-kṣetra)
saṃsthāpyahaving installed/placed
saṃsthāpya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam + sthā (स्था धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) → sthāpaya + ya (ल्यप्)
FormGerund (ल्यप्), ‘having established/placed’
devatānāmof the deities
devatānām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
hitamwelfare/benefit
hitam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roothita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘benefit/welfare’
kṛtamwas done/made
kṛtam:
Kriya (क्रिया/participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (कृ धातु) + kta (क्त) (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; predicate ‘was done’
Speaker
Narrative voice (mythic explanation attached to a tīrtha)