Shloka 3

Śūnyaka-nagara Utpāta-varṇanam (Portents in the City of Śūnyaka) — Lalitāyāḥ Yātrā-śravaṇāt Bhaṇḍāsura-purālaye Kṣobhaḥ

Devanagari script

तत्तु शून्यकनाम्नैव विख्यातं भुवनत्रये / विषङ्गाग्रजदैत्यस्य सदावासः किलाभवत्

Transliteration

tattu śūnyakanāmnaiva vikhyātaṃ bhuvanatraye / viṣaṅgāgrajadaityasya sadāvāsaḥ kilābhavat

Translation

此城以“舒尼亚迦（Śūnyaka）”之名闻于三界；相传乃毗尚伽之兄长魔族常住之所。

Word by Word

• तत्: that (city)
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); refers to पुरम्

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (विरोध/अन्वय)

• शून्यकनाम्ना: by the name Śūnyaka
• शून्यकनाम्ना: Karana (करण/Means—designation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शून्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); used in naming sense 'by the name'

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avadharana (अवधारण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• विख्यातम्: was renowned/known
• विख्यातम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ख्या (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त; कर्मणि), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with तत्/पुरम्

• भुवनत्रये: in the three worlds
• भुवनत्रये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Scope)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); द्विगु: त्रयाणि भुवनानि (three worlds)

• विषङ्गाग्रजदैत्यस्य: of the demon who was Viṣaṅga’s elder brother
• विषङ्गाग्रजदैत्यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषङ्ग + अग्रज + दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: विषङ्गस्य अग्रजः (elder brother) + दैत्यः

• सदावासः: perpetual dwelling/residence
• सदावासः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा + आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); अव्ययीभाव: सदा (always) + आवासः (dwelling)

• किल: indeed/it is said
• किल: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle indicating report/tradition (अनुश्रव/ख्याति)

• अभवत्: was/became
• अभवत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)