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
അത് നിത്യപുഷ്പഫലസമൃദ്ധവും സിദ്ധചാരണന്മാർ സേവിക്കുന്നതുമാണ്; ആ വൃക്ഷത്തിന്റെ നാമം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ ഈ ഭൂഖണ്ഡം ‘ജംബൂദ്വീപം’ എന്നായി പ്രസിദ്ധപ്പെട്ടു.
Word by Word
nitya-puṣpa-phala-upetaḥendowed with perpetual flowers and fruits
nitya-puṣpa-phala-upetaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + upeta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective of vṛkṣaḥ; compound sense ‘endowed with eternal flowers and fruits’ (upeta = ‘possessed of’)
siddha-cāraṇa-sevitaḥserved by Siddhas and Cāraṇas
siddha-cāraṇa-sevitaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsiddha (प्रातिपदिक) + cāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sevita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); PPP sevita (सेव् + क्त) ‘served by’; compound: ‘by siddhas and cāraṇas’
tasyaof that (tree)
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun
nāmnāby (its) name
nāmnā:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘by the name’
samāḥsame/equal
samāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with dvīpaḥ; meaning ‘equal/same’
khyātaḥis known/called
khyātaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative verbal)
TypeVerb
Rootkhyā (धातु) → khyāta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicative ‘is known/called’
jambū-dvīpaḥJambūdvīpa
jambū-dvīpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootjambū (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); proper name; तत्पुरुषः ‘jambūyāḥ dvīpaḥ’
vanaspateḥof the tree (lord of plants)
vanaspateḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootvanaspati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘of the lord of trees’ i.e., the tree