Shloka 11
Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
Devanagari script
निषिक्ता यत्र यत्रासंस्तत्रतत्राचलो ऽभवत् / स्कन्धाचलत्वादचलाः पर्वभिः पर्वताः स्मृताः
Transliteration
niṣiktā yatra yatrāsaṃstatratatrācalo 'bhavat / skandhācalatvādacalāḥ parvabhiḥ parvatāḥ smṛtāḥ
Translation
निषिक्ताः यत्र यत्रासन् तत्र तत्राचलः अभवत्। स्कन्धाचलत्वादचलाः पर्वभिः पर्वताः स्मृताः॥
Word by Word
niṣiktāḥpoured/strewn (down)
niṣiktāḥ:
Karta-anvaya (predicate to implied subject)
TypeVerb
Rootni-√sic (धातु)
FormKta-pratyaya (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana; understood subject = (te parvatāḥ)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Deśa (देश; place adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
FormDeśāvyaya (locative adverb)
yatrawherever
yatra:
Deśa (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
FormDeśāvyaya (locative adverb)
āsanwere
āsan:
Kriyā (क्रिया; copula)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
FormLaṅ-lakāra (Imperfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana
tatrathere
tatra:
Deśa (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormDeśāvyaya (place adverb)
tatrathere (in each place)
tatra:
Deśa (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormDeśāvyaya (place adverb)
acalaḥa mountain
acalaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Rootacala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana; used generically ‘a mountain’
abhavatcame to be
abhavat:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormLaṅ-lakāra (Imperfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana
skandha-acalatvātbecause of being immovable like a trunk/shoulder
skandha-acalatvāt:
Hetu (हेतु; cause)
TypeNoun
Rootskandha (प्रातिपदिक) + acalatva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (determinative: skandhasya acalatvam), Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana; -tvāt = ablative of abstract noun
acalāḥimmovables (mountains)
acalāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Rootacala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana
parvabhiḥwith joints/segments
parvabhiḥ:
Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु; by/with joints)
TypeNoun
Rootparvan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsaka (Neuter), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana
parvatāḥmountains
parvatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Rootparvata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana
smṛtāḥare called/considered
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया; passive predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (धातु)
FormKta-pratyaya (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana; passive sense ‘are called’