Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 8
भृगुवंश-प्रसववर्णनम्
Genealogical Emanations in the Bhṛgu Line
Devanagari script
पीवर्यां वेदशिरसः पुत्रा वशकराः स्मृताः / मार्कण्डेयाः समाख्याता ऋषयो वेदपारगाः
Transliteration
pīvaryāṃ vedaśirasaḥ putrā vaśakarāḥ smṛtāḥ / mārkaṇḍeyāḥ samākhyātā ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ
Translation
ਪੀਵਰੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੇਦਸ਼ਿਰਸ ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ ‘ਵਸ਼ਕਰ’ ਕਹੇ ਗਏ; ਉਹ ‘ਮਾਰਕੰਡੇਯ’ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ, ਵੇਦ-ਪਾਰੰਗਤ ਰਿਸ਼ੀ ਸਨ।
Word by Word
pīvaryāmin/at Pīvarī
pīvaryām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpīvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
veda-śirasaḥof Vedaśiras
veda-śirasaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक) + śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘veda’ + ‘śiras’ = ‘whose head is the Veda/ Veda-headed’ (name)
putrāḥsons
putrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
vaśa-karāḥsubduing, bringing under control
vaśa-karāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of putrāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootvaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘vaśa’ + ‘kara’ = ‘making (others) submissive’
smṛtāḥare remembered/are said
smṛtāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; passive sense ‘are remembered/are said’
mārkaṇḍeyāḥ(the) Mārkaṇḍeyas
mārkaṇḍeyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject) (appositional to putrāḥ)
TypeNoun
Rootmārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
samākhyātāḥare named/called
samākhyātāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-khyā (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; ‘are called/are named’
ṛṣayaḥsages
ṛṣayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject) (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
veda-pāragāḥmasters of the Veda
veda-pāragāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of ṛṣayaḥ/putrāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक) + pāra (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘veda’ + ‘pāra’ + ‘ga’ = ‘gone to the far shore of the Veda’ (expert in Veda)