Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 47
दिक्पालादि-शिवलोकान्तर-कथनम्
Account of the Dikpālas and Intervening Realms toward Śiva’s Worlds
Devanagari script
महाप्रकाशनाम्रास्ति तस्य शक्तिर्महीयसी / चक्षुष्मत्यपराशक्तिश्छाया देवी परा स्मृता
Transliteration
mahāprakāśanāmrāsti tasya śaktirmahīyasī / cakṣuṣmatyaparāśaktiśchāyā devī parā smṛtā
Translation
ਉਸ ਦੀ ‘ਮਹਾਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼’ ਨਾਮ ਦੀ ਮਹਾਨ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਹੈ। ‘ਚਕ੍ਸ਼ੁਸ਼ਮਤੀ’ ਨਾਮ ਦੀ ਹੋਰ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ‘ਛਾਇਆ’ ਦੇਵੀ ਪਰਮ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਮੰਨੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
mahā-prakāśa-nāmā(one) whose name is Mahāprakāśa
mahā-prakāśa-nāmā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prakāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); बहुव्रीहिः—‘महाप्रकाशः नाम यस्य सः’
astiis/exists
asti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular)
tasyaof him/of that
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine/Neuter pronominal), Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)
śaktiḥpower/energy
śaktiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśakti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
mahīyasīgreater/mightier
mahīyasī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahīyas (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक/Comparative)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); तुलनात्मक-विशेषण (comparative adjective)
cakṣuṣmatīendowed with sight/vision
cakṣuṣmatī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootcakṣuṣmat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
aparā-śaktiḥthe other/secondary power
aparā-śaktiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootaparā (प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); कर्मधारयः—‘अपराः सा शक्तिः’
chāyāshadow
chāyā:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootchāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
devīgoddess
devī:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
parāsupreme
parā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootparā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
smṛtāis remembered/called
smṛtā:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु)
FormKṛdanta—Kta (क्त) past passive participle; Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)