Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 29

Priyavrata-vaṃśa and Saptadvīpa Vibhāga (प्रियव्रतवंशः सप्तद्वीपविभागश्च)

Devanagari script

तृतीयं वै रथाकारं चतुर्थं लवणं स्मृतम् / पञ्चमं धृतिमद्वर्षं षष्ठं वर्षं प्रभाकरम्

Transliteration

tṛtīyaṃ vai rathākāraṃ caturthaṃ lavaṇaṃ smṛtam / pañcamaṃ dhṛtimadvarṣaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ varṣaṃ prabhākaram

Translation

第三方域为Rathākāra（车匠之域），第四方域称Lavaṇa（盐之域）。第五方域为Dhṛtimat（坚忍之域），第六方域为Prabhākara（光耀之域）。

Word by Word

• tṛtīyam: third
• tṛtīyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक/क्रमवाचक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; ordinal adjective (elliptic with varṣam)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• rathākāram: Rathākāra (region)
• rathākāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rathākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; name of a varṣa

• caturtham: fourth
• caturtham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturtha (प्रातिपदिक/क्रमवाचक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; ordinal adjective (elliptic with varṣam)

• lavaṇam: Lavaṇa (region)
• lavaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lavaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; name of a varṣa

• smṛtam: is said
• smṛtam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; agreeing with listed neuter names; ‘is said’

• pañcamam: fifth
• pañcamam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcama (प्रातिपदिक/क्रमवाचक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying varṣam

• dhṛtimat-varṣam: Dhṛtimat-varṣa (region)
• dhṛtimat-varṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhṛtimat (प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; कर्मधारय ‘the varṣa named Dhṛtimat / possessing dhṛti’

• ṣaṣṭham: sixth
• ṣaṣṭham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक/क्रमवाचक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying varṣam

• varṣam: varṣa/region
• varṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• prabhākaram: Prabhākara (region)
• prabhākaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; name of a varṣa