Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 79

Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors

Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas

Devanagari script

सुरभ्यनुमते दत्तो ध्वजो माहेश्वरस्तु सः / इत्येते कश्यपसुता रुद्रादित्याः प्रकीर्त्तिताः

Transliteration

surabhyanumate datto dhvajo māheśvarastu saḥ / ityete kaśyapasutā rudrādityāḥ prakīrttitāḥ

Translation

Sa pahintulot ni Surabhī, siya’y ipinagkaloob bilang dhvaja ni Mahēśvara; kaya ang mga anak ni Kaśyapa na ito’y ipinahayag na ‘Rudrāditya’.

Word by Word

• surabhi-anumate: with Surabhī’s consent
• surabhi-anumate: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surabhī + anumati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'in/with the consent of Surabhī' (surabhyāḥ anumatiḥ)

• dattaḥ: was given
• dattaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: datta (कृदन्त; √dā धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; Past Passive Participle (क्त) used predicatively = 'was given'

• dhvajaḥ: banner/standard
• dhvajaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• māheśvaraḥ: of Maheśvara (Śiva’s)
• māheśvaraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relational adjective 'belonging to Maheśvara (Śiva)'

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• saḥ: he/that (one)
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; pronoun

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; demonstrative pronoun

• kaśyapa-sutāḥ: sons of Kaśyapa
• kaśyapa-sutāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; 'sons of Kaśyapa'

• rudrādityāḥ: Rudras and Ādityas
• rudrādityāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra + āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; copulative: 'Rudras and Ādityas'

• prakīrttitāḥ: have been proclaimed
• prakīrttitāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prakīrtita (कृदन्त; pra-√kīrt धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; Past Passive Participle (क्त) used predicatively = 'have been proclaimed'