Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 19

कैलास-मन्दाकिनी-स्वच्छोदा-लौहित्य-सरयू-उद्गमवर्णनम्

Kailāsa and the Origins of Mandākinī, Svacchodā, Lauhitya, and Sarayū

Devanagari script

भवस्य दयितः श्रीमान्पर्वतो मेघसन्निभः / शातकैंभमयैः शुभ्रैः शिलाजालैः समावृतः

Transliteration

bhavasya dayitaḥ śrīmānparvato meghasannibhaḥ / śātakaiṃbhamayaiḥ śubhraiḥ śilājālaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ

Translation

那座吉祥尊贵、为婆婆（Bhava）所钟爱的山岳，光辉如云；以由“娑多金婆”黄金铸成的洁白瑞石之网遍覆其身。

Word by Word

• bhavasya: of Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• dayitaḥ: beloved
• dayitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• śrīmān: splendid, illustrious
• śrīmān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying parvataḥ

• parvataḥ: mountain
• parvataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• megha-sannibhaḥ: resembling a cloud
• megha-sannibhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: megha (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); उपमान-तत्पुरुष (cloud-like) qualifying parvataḥ

• śātaka-imbha-mayaiḥ: made of śātaka-gold
• śātaka-imbha-mayaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + imbha (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter/Adjectival stem in Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); -maya = ‘made of’; qualifying śilājālaiḥ

• śubhrāiḥ: bright, white
• śubhrāiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter/Adjectival, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying śilājālaiḥ

• śilā-jālaiḥ: by networks/masses of rocks
• śilā-jālaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक) + jāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• samāvṛtaḥ: covered, enveloped
• samāvṛtaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√vṛ (वृ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त/क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying parvataḥ