Shloka 51
दिक्पालादि-शिवलोकान्तर-कथनम्
Account of the Dikpālas and Intervening Realms toward Śiva’s Worlds
Devanagari script
चन्द्रबिम्बमयः शालश्चतुर्योजनमुच्छ्रितः / पूर्ववद्गोपुरद्वारकपाटार्गलसंयुतः
Transliteration
candrabimbamayaḥ śālaścaturyojanamucchritaḥ / pūrvavadgopuradvārakapāṭārgalasaṃyutaḥ
Translation
चन्द्रबिम्बमयः शालः चतुर्योजनमुच्छ्रितः; पूर्ववत् गोपुरद्वारकपाटार्गलसंयुतः॥
Word by Word
candra-bimba-mayaḥmade of the moon-disc
candra-bimba-mayaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootcandra (प्रातिपदिक) + bimba (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); तत्पुरुषः—‘चन्द्रबिम्बमयः’ (made of moon-disc)
śālaḥhall/mansion
śālaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśāla (प्रातिपदik)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
catur-yojanamfour yojanas
catur-yojanam:
Parimāṇa (परिमाण/Measure)
TypeNoun
Rootcatur (प्रातिपदिक) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); द्विगु-समासः (numeral compound) used as measure
ucchritaḥraised/elevated
ucchritaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√śri (धातु)
FormKṛdanta—Kta (क्त) past passive participle; Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
pūrvavatas before/like earlier
pūrvavat:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrvavat (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (indeclinable adverb)
gopura-dvāra-kapāṭa-argala-saṃyutaḥfurnished with gateway-doors, shutters and bolts
gopura-dvāra-kapāṭa-argala-saṃyutaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootgopura (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक) + kapāṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + argalā (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला—‘गोपुरद्वारे कपाटार्गलाभ्यां संयुतः’ (provided with door-leaves and bolts at the gateway)