Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 14
Samantapañcaka at Kurukṣetra: Paraśurāma’s Tīrtha-Creation and Pitṛ-Rites (समन्तपञ्चक-तीर्थप्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
न लभ्यते महाराज जातु जन्मशतैरपि / समन्तपञ्चकं तीर्थं कुरुक्षेत्रे ऽतिपावनम्
Transliteration
na labhyate mahārāja jātu janmaśatairapi / samantapañcakaṃ tīrthaṃ kurukṣetre 'tipāvanam
Translation
ਹੇ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ! ਕੁਰੂਕਸ਼ੇਤਰ ਦਾ ਅਤਿ ਪਾਵਨ ‘ਸਮੰਤਪੰਚਕ’ ਤੀਰਥ ਕਦੇ ਕਦੇ ਸੌ ਜਨਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਦੁਰਲੱਭ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)
labhyateis obtained, is found
labhyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√labh (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense: “is obtained”)
mahārājaO great king
mahārāja:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahārāja (प्रातिपदिक: mahā + rāja)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)
jātuever, at any time
jātu:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootjātu (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (temporal particle: “ever/at any time”)
janmaśataiḥby (even) hundreds of births
janmaśataiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootjanmaśata (प्रातिपदिक: janma + śata)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural)
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: “even/also”)
samantapañcakamSamantapañcaka
samantapañcakam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsamantapañcaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
tīrthamthe sacred place
tīrtham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); समन्तपञ्चकस्य अप्पोजिशन (apposition)
kurukṣetrein Kurukṣetra
kurukṣetre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkurukṣetra (प्रातिपदिक: kuru + kṣetra)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
atipāvanammost purifying
atipāvanam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootati-pāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (of tīrtham)