Brahma Purana — Devagama Tirtha on the Godavari: Devas, Asuras, and the Victory through Hari-Hara, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

त्रिकूटः पर्वतश्रेष्ठो राक्षसानां पुराभवत् तद्वनेन ययुः सर्वे तैः सार्धं दक्षिणार्णवम् //

Translation

此偈（11）属《梵天往世书》，依古传承而述，具神圣而兼具百科式的记载。

Word by Word

• trikūṭaḥ: Trikūṭa (the three-peaked one)
• trikūṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-kūṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (त्रीणि कूटानि यस्य)

• parvata-śreṣṭhaḥ: best of mountains
• parvata-śreṣṭhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata-śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पर्वतानां श्रेष्ठः)

• rākṣasānām: of the rākṣasas
• rākṣasānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla (काल/Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• abhavat: was/became
• abhavat: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tat-vanena: through that forest
• tat-vanena: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat-vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् वनम्)

• yayuḥ: went
• yayuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarve: all (of them)
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• taiḥ: with them
• taiḥ: Sahakāraka (सह/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahakāraka (सह/Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक अव्यय (with/together)

• dakṣiṇa-arṇavam: the southern ocean
• dakṣiṇa-arṇavam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa-arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (दक्षिणम् अर्णवम्)

Speaker

• Narrative voice (continuing story context); no direct dialogue in this verse