Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 83

प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्

Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa

Devanagari script

तत्रापि पर्वताः शभ्राः सप्तैव मणिभूषणाः / रत्नाकरास्तथा नद्यस्तेषां नामानि मे शृणु

Transliteration

tatrāpi parvatāḥ śabhrāḥ saptaiva maṇibhūṣaṇāḥ / ratnākarāstathā nadyasteṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu

Translation

彼处亦有七座皎洁光明、以宝珠为饰之山；又有宝藏与诸河。其名当听我宣说。

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; locative adverb (देशवाचक)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (निपात)

• parvatāḥ: mountains
• parvatāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• śabhrāḥ: white, bright
• śabhrāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śabhra/śubhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-like; qualifying plural noun

• eva: just, indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic particle (निपात)

• maṇibhūṣaṇāḥ: adorned with gems
• maṇibhūṣaṇāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maṇi-bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• ratnākarāḥ: mines/abodes of jewels
• ratnākarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna-ākara (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• tathā: likewise, and also
• tathā: Samuccaya/Upamāna (समुच्चय/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• nadyaḥ: rivers
• nadyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma; Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka (contextual), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• nāmāni: names
• nāmāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma; Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी; genitive), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्; imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person/मध्यमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)