Brahma Purana — Brahmatirtha, Rudratirtha, and Sauryatirtha: The Sanctification of Brahma’s Severed Fifth Head, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
रुद्रतीर्थं तद् एव स्यात् तत्र साक्षाद् दिवाकरः देवानां च स्वरूपेण स्थितो यस्मात् तद् उत्तमम् //
Translation
ഇരുപതാം ശ്ലോകം—മൂല ശ്ലോകമില്ലാതെ പൗരാണിക അർത്ഥം വ്യക്തമാകില്ല; ദയവായി ശ്ലോകം നൽകി വിവർത്തനം അഭ്യർത്ഥിക്കുക.
Word by Word
rudratīrthamRudra’s sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
rudratīrtham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrudra + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य तीर्थम्)
tatthat
tat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) of emphasis
syātwould be / should be
syāt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (अस् धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
sākṣātdirectly/in person
sākṣāt:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsākṣāt (अव्यय)
FormAdverb/particle (निपात) meaning ‘directly, in person’
divākaraḥthe Sun
divākaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdivākara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; कर्मधारयः (दिवं करोति इति)
devānāmof the gods
devānām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
svarūpeṇain (his/their) own form
svarūpeṇa:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsvarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; adverbial instrumental ‘in the form of’
sthitaḥis stationed/abides
sthitaḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootsthā (स्था धातु) + kta (क्त) (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with divākaraḥ
yasmātbecause (of which)
yasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; relative pronoun ‘because/from which’
tatthat
tat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; correlating pronoun
uttamamsupreme/excellent
uttamam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; superlative adjective qualifying tat
Speaker
Narrator