Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 11
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
रज्जुदोलोरुकामं यः शाल्मलिश्चासुरान्तकृत् / पञ्चमः सोमको नाम देवैर्यत्रामृतं पुरा
Transliteration
rajjudolorukāmaṃ yaḥ śālmaliścāsurāntakṛt / pañcamaḥ somako nāma devairyatrāmṛtaṃ purā
Translation
Ang bundok na mataas at marikit na parang duyang lubid, at may punong Śālmali na pumupuksa sa mga asura—iyon ang ikalima, na tinatawag na Somaka; doon inilagak ng mga diyos ang amṛta noong unang panahon.
Word by Word
rajju-dola-uru-kāmam(one) desiring a great rope-swing
rajju-dola-uru-kāmam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootrajju (प्रातिपदिक) + dola (प्रातिपदिक) + uru (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); multi-member tatpuruṣa describing desire (समास: तत्पुरुष, ‘desirous of swinging on a rope-swing’ sense)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); relative pronoun
śālmaliḥŚālmali (name)
śālmaliḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśālmali (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); proper name (mountain)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (Indeclinable/अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
asura-anta-kṛtslayer of the asuras
asura-anta-kṛt:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛ (धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); kṛdanta in -kṛt (कर्तरि कृदन्त), tatpuruṣa ‘maker of the end of asuras’
pañcamaḥthe fifth
pañcamaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
somakaḥSomaka (name)
somakaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsomaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper name (mountain)
nāmaby name
nāma:
Viśeṣaṇa (naming marker/विशेषणार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, naming particle (नामबोधक निपात)
devaiḥby the gods
devaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Agent in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental), Bahuvacana
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, relative adverb of place (देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक)
amṛtamnectar
amṛtam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootamṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc./प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; here as object of implied action ‘brought/obtained’
purāformerly
purā:
Kāla (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, time adverb (कालवाचक)