Brahma Purana — Nārada Requests the Sequential Fruits of Tīrthas; The Origins of Tryambaka and Vārāha Tīrthas, Shloka 18
Devanagari script
प्राक्षालयच् च स्वाङ्गानि असृग्लिप्तानि नारद गङ्गाम्भसा तत्र कुण्डं वाराहम् अभवत् ततः //
Translation
ഈ ശ്ലോകത്തിന്റെ മൂല സംസ്കൃത പാഠം നൽകിയിട്ടില്ല; ദയവായി പാഠം നൽകിയാൽ വിവർത്തനം ചെയ്യാം।
Word by Word
prākṣālayatwashed/cleansed
prākṣālayat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√kṣāl (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
sva-aṅgānihis own limbs
sva-aṅgāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative: 'of oneself')
asṛk-liptānismeared with blood
asṛk-liptāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootasṛk (प्रातिपदिक) + lipta (कृदन्त, √lip)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘लिप्त’ (smeared); तत्पुरुषः (instrument/content: smeared with blood)
nāradaO Nārada
nārada:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnārada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (singular)
gaṅgā-ambhasāwith the water of the Gaṅgā
gaṅgā-ambhasā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + ambhas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive: 'water of Gaṅgā')
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: place)
kuṇḍama pond/pool
kuṇḍam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nominative/accusative), एकवचन (singular)
vārāhamboar-related; of the Boar (Varāha)
vārāham:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvārāha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nominative/accusative), एकवचन (singular)
abhavatbecame/was
abhavat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
tataḥthereupon/from that
tataḥ:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival/sequence adverb: 'thereupon/from that')
Speaker
Narrator addressing Nārada (explicit vocative)
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