Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 94

Śrī Kāmākṣī–Mahātripurasundarī: Immanence of Śakti and Cosmic Administration

Lalitopākhyāna

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाद्याः सस्त्रीकाः सर्वदा सदा / नारिकेलफलालीभिः पनसैः कदलीफलैः

Transliteration

brahmaviṣṇumaheśādyāḥ sastrīkāḥ sarvadā sadā / nārikelaphalālībhiḥ panasaiḥ kadalīphalaiḥ

Translation

梵天、毗湿奴、摩诃湿婆等诸神，连同其神后，恒常（供奉）以椰子、菠萝蜜与香蕉等果品。

Word by Word

• brahma-viṣṇu-maheśa-ādyāḥ: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa and others
• brahma-viṣṇu-maheśa-ādyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + maheśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvandva (समाहार/इतरेतर) with ādi ‘etc.’; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)

• sa-strīkāḥ: together with their consorts
• sa-strīkāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + strīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Bahuvrīhi: ‘having wives/with their consorts’; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)

• sarvadā: always
• sarvadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)

• sadā: ever/always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय), emphatic repetition with sarvadā

• nārikelaphala-ālībhiḥ: with clusters of coconuts
• nārikelaphala-ālībhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārikelaphala (प्रातिपदिक) + ālī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: ‘rows/collections of coconut-fruits’; Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग)

• panasaiḥ: with jackfruits
• panasaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: panasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)

• kadalī-phalaiḥ: with bananas
• kadalī-phalaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kadalī (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: ‘banana-fruits’; Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग)