Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 137
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
ततस्ते सलिले तस्मिन् नष्टाग्नौ पृथिवीतले / प्रशान्तवाते ऽन्धकारे निरालोके समन्ततः
Transliteration
tataste salile tasmin naṣṭāgnau pṛthivītale / praśāntavāte 'ndhakāre nirāloke samantataḥ
Translation
ਫਿਰ ਉਸ ਜਲ ਵਿੱਚ, ਧਰਤੀ-ਤਲ ਉੱਤੇ ਅੱਗ ਲੁਪਤ ਹੋ ਗਈ; ਹਵਾ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਹੋਈ ਅਤੇ ਚੌਹੀਂ ਪਾਸੇ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼-ਰਹਿਤ ਘੋਰ ਹਨੇਰਾ ਛਾ ਗਿਆ।
Word by Word
tataḥthen/thereafter
tataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence
teof you/your
te:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; enclitic form
salilein the water
salile:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsalila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
naṣṭa-agnauwhen the fire was extinguished
naṣṭa-agnau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnaṣṭa (कृदन्त, √naś धातु) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; naṣṭa-agni = 'fire having perished'
pṛthivī-taleon the earth’s surface
pṛthivī-tale:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'on the surface of the earth'
praśānta-vātewhen the wind was stilled
praśānta-vāte:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpraśānta (कृदन्त, √śam धातु) + vāta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'when the wind had calmed'
andhakārein darkness
andhakāre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootandhakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
nirālokein a lightless state
nirāloke:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnirāloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; nir-āloka = 'without light' (as a nominal)
samantataḥeverywhere/on all sides
samantataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsamantatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'on all sides'