Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 24

Kiṃpuruṣa–Harivarṣa–Ilāvṛta-varṣa-varṇanam

Description of the Varṣas: Kiṃpuruṣa, Hari, and Ilāvṛta

Devanagari script

नित्यपुष्पफलोपेतः सिद्धचारणसेवितः / तस्य नाम्ना समा ख्यातो जम्बूद्वीपो वनस्पतेः

Transliteration

nityapuṣpaphalopetaḥ siddhacāraṇasevitaḥ / tasya nāmnā samā khyāto jambūdvīpo vanaspateḥ

Translation

ಅದು ನಿತ್ಯ ಪುಷ್ಪಫಲಗಳಿಂದ ಸಮೃದ್ಧವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಸಿದ್ಧ-ಚಾರಣರಿಂದ ಸೇವಿತವಾಗಿದೆ; ಆ ವನಸ್ಪತಿಯ ಹೆಸರಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಈ ಭೂಭಾಗ ‘ಜಂಬೂದ್ವೀಪ’ವೆಂದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

• nitya-puṣpa-phala-upetaḥ: endowed with perpetual flowers and fruits
• nitya-puṣpa-phala-upetaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + upeta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective of vṛkṣaḥ; compound sense ‘endowed with eternal flowers and fruits’ (upeta = ‘possessed of’)

• siddha-cāraṇa-sevitaḥ: served by Siddhas and Cāraṇas
• siddha-cāraṇa-sevitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक) + cāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sevita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); PPP sevita (सेव् + क्त) ‘served by’; compound: ‘by siddhas and cāraṇas’

• tasya: of that (tree)
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun

• nāmnā: by (its) name
• nāmnā: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘by the name’

• samāḥ: same/equal
• samāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with dvīpaḥ; meaning ‘equal/same’

• khyātaḥ: is known/called
• khyātaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative verbal)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khyā (धातु) → khyāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicative ‘is known/called’

• jambū-dvīpaḥ: Jambūdvīpa
• jambū-dvīpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jambū (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); proper name; तत्पुरुषः ‘jambūyāḥ dvīpaḥ’

• vanaspateḥ: of the tree (lord of plants)
• vanaspateḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vanaspati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘of the lord of trees’ i.e., the tree