Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 17
Bhārgavaṃ prati Varuṇāgamanaṃ
Varuṇa’s Approach to Bhārgava/Paraśurāma
Devanagari script
गत्वा स्रुवोपतद्राजन्योजनानां शतद्वयम् / तीर्थं शुर्पारकं नाम सर्वपापविमोचनम्
Transliteration
gatvā sruvopatadrājanyojanānāṃ śatadvayam / tīrthaṃ śurpārakaṃ nāma sarvapāpavimocanam
Translation
ಓ ರಾಜನೇ, ಸ್ರುವವು ಎರಡು ನೂರು ಯೋಜನ ದೂರ ಹೋಗಿ ಬಿದ್ದಿತು; ಅದು ‘ಶೂರ್ಪಾರಕ’ ಎಂಬ ತೀರ್ಥ, ಸರ್ವಪಾಪವಿಮೋಚಕ.
Word by Word
gatvāhaving gone
gatvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त): ‘having gone’
sruvaḥthe ladle
sruvaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsruva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
upatadfell/landed
upatad:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootupa-√pat (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular; ‘fell down/landed’
rājan-yojanānāmof royal yojanas
rājan-yojanānām:
Parimāṇa-sambandha (परिमाणसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी): rājñaḥ yojanāni (royal yojanas); Neuter/masc. ‘yojana’ treated as neuter here; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
śata-dvayamtwo hundred
śata-dvayam:
Kāla-deśa-parimāṇa (परिमाण)
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvigu (द्विगु) numeral compound meaning 200; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular (as measure)
tīrthama sacred ford/place
tīrtham:
Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular
śurpārakamŚūrpāraka
śurpārakam:
Viśeṣya-nirdeśa (विशेष्यनिर्देश)
TypeNoun
Rootśurpāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; apposition to ‘tīrtham’
nāmanamed/called
nāma:
Saṃjñā-bodhaka (संज्ञाबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya used as indeclinable particle meaning ‘by name/called’ (नाम-निपात)
sarva-pāpa-vimocanamremover of all sins
sarva-pāpa-vimocanam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vimocana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय sense): sarvāṇi pāpāni vimocayati/tat; Neuter, Nominative, Singular qualifying ‘tīrtham’