Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 15

Kiṃpuruṣa–Harivarṣa–Ilāvṛta-varṣa-varṇanam

Description of the Varṣas: Kiṃpuruṣa, Hari, and Ilāvṛta

Devanagari script

योजनानां सहस्राणि षट्त्रिंशत्तस्य विस्तरः / यतुरस्रं समन्ताच्च शरावाकारसंस्थितम्

Transliteration

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣaṭtriṃśattasya vistaraḥ / yaturasraṃ samantācca śarāvākārasaṃsthitam

Translation

ତାହାର ବିସ୍ତାର ଛତ୍ତିଶ ହଜାର ଯୋଜନ; ଏହା ସମସ୍ତ ପାର୍ଶ୍ୱରୁ ଚତୁରସ୍ର ଏବଂ ଶରାବ (ପାତ୍ର) ଆକାରରେ ସ୍ଥିତ।

Word by Word

• yojanānām: of yojanas
• yojanānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/ द्वितīyā, Bahuvacana

• ṣaṭ-triṃśat: thirty-six
• ṣaṭ-triṃśat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/quantifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + triṃśat (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine; numerals like triṃśat), Prathamā/ द्वितīyā, Ekavacana; numeral ‘thirty-six’ qualifying sahasrāṇi (understood: ṣaṭtriṃśat-sahasrāṇi)

• tasya: of that/its
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana; pronoun ‘of it/of that’

• vistaraḥ: extent/breadth
• vistaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• catur-asram: four-sided (square)
• catur-asram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + asra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/ द्वितīyā, Ekavacana; विशेषण; ‘four-cornered/square’

• samantāt: on all sides
• samantāt: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning ‘on all sides’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connecting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• śarāva-ākāra-saṃsthitam: shaped like a bowl
• śarāva-ākāra-saṃsthitam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śarāva (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthita (कृदन्त; √sthā धातु with sam-, past passive participle)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/ द्वितīyā, Ekavacana; विशेषण; ‘situated/formed like a bowl’