Brahma Purana — Brahmatirtha, Rudratirtha, and Sauryatirtha: The Sanctification of Brahma’s Severed Fifth Head, Shloka 18
Devanagari script
ततः प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं ब्रह्मतीर्थम् इति श्रुतम् अद्यापि ब्रह्मणो रूपं चतुर्मुखम् अवस्थितम् //
Translation
പതിനെട്ടാം ശ്ലോകം—മൂല പാഠമില്ലാതെ അർത്ഥനിർണ്ണയം സാധ്യമല്ല; ദയവായി ശ്ലോകം ശരിയായി നൽകുക.
Word by Word
tataḥfrom then, thereafter
tataḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान) (temporal source)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
FormAblatival adverb (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय)
prabhṛtistarting from
prabhṛti:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprabhṛti (अव्यय)
FormPreposition/adverb meaning 'starting from' (उपपद-अव्यय)
tatthat
tat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative used adjectivally with tīrtham
tīrthamholy ford, pilgrimage place
tīrtham:
Kartā (कर्ता) (of śrutam)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
brahma-tīrthamBrahma-tīrtha
brahma-tīrtham:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); genitive tatpuruṣa: 'Brahmā's tīrtha'
itithus
iti:
Vākyaprayojaka (वाक्यप्रयोजक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
śrutamis known/called
śrutam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); impersonal passive sense: 'is heard/known as'
adyatoday, even now
adya:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootadya (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
apieven
api:
Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā
brahmaṇaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
rūpamform
rūpam:
Kartā (कर्ता) (of avasthitam)
TypeNoun
Rootrūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
catur-mukhamfour-faced
catur-mukham:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatur + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu: 'four-faced' qualifying rūpam
avasthitamremains, is situated
avasthitam:
Kriyā (क्रिया) (predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootava-sthā (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with rūpam
Speaker
Narrator