Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 80
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
शाकद्वीपं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथावदिह निश्चयात् / शृणुध्वं तु यथातथ्यं ब्रुवतो मे यथार्थवत्
Transliteration
śākadvīpaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathāvadiha niścayāt / śṛṇudhvaṃ tu yathātathyaṃ bruvato me yathārthavat
Translation
我将在此以坚定之心，如实宣说娑迦洲（Śākadvīpa）。诸位当聆听我所言真实而契合义理之语。
Word by Word
śākadvīpamŚāka-dvīpa (the island/continent named Śāka)
śākadvīpam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśāka-dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
pravakṣyāmiI shall describe/tell
pravakṣyāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vac (धातु)
FormLuṭ (लुट्; periphrastic future), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person/उत्तमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
yathāvatproperly, in due manner
yathāvat:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathāvat (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
ihahere
iha:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; deictic adverb (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)
niścayātfrom certainty; with conviction
niścayāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootniścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Pañcamī (5th/पञ्चमी; ablative), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
śṛṇudhvaṃlisten (you all)
śṛṇudhvaṃ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु)
FormLoṭ (लोट्; imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person/मध्यमपुरुष), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (निपात)
yathā-tathyamaccording to the truth; as it really is
yathā-tathyam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā-tathya (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormAvyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) used adverbially; Napumsaka-ākāra (नपुंसकाकार)
bruvataḥof (me) speaking
bruvataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
TypeVerb
Root√brū (धातु)
FormŚatṛ-pratyaya present active participle (शतृ; वर्तमानकर्तरि कृदन्त), Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
memy/of me
me:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma; Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी; genitive), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
yathā-arthavatmeaningfully; as is appropriate in sense
yathā-arthavat:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā-arthavat (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)