Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 14

Samantapañcaka at Kurukṣetra: Paraśurāma’s Tīrtha-Creation and Pitṛ-Rites (समन्तपञ्चक-तीर्थप्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

न लभ्यते महाराज जातु जन्मशतैरपि / समन्तपञ्चकं तीर्थं कुरुक्षेत्रे ऽतिपावनम्

Transliteration

na labhyate mahārāja jātu janmaśatairapi / samantapañcakaṃ tīrthaṃ kurukṣetre 'tipāvanam

Translation

Muôn tâu Đại vương, thánh địa Samantapañcaka vô cùng thanh tịnh tại Kurukṣetra đôi khi dẫu trải trăm kiếp sinh cũng khó gặp được.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• labhyate: is obtained, is found
• labhyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense: “is obtained”)

• mahārāja: O great king
• mahārāja: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahārāja (प्रातिपदिक: mahā + rāja)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• jātu: ever, at any time
• jātu: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jātu (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal particle: “ever/at any time”)

• janmaśataiḥ: by (even) hundreds of births
• janmaśataiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janmaśata (प्रातिपदिक: janma + śata)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: “even/also”)

• samantapañcakam: Samantapañcaka
• samantapañcakam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samantapañcaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• tīrtham: the sacred place
• tīrtham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); समन्तपञ्चकस्य अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• kurukṣetre: in Kurukṣetra
• kurukṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kurukṣetra (प्रातिपदिक: kuru + kṣetra)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• atipāvanam: most purifying
• atipāvanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati-pāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (of tīrtham)