मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-103, verse-48

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आदिदेवोऽसि देवानां ज्ञातमेतत्स्वरूपतः ।
स्वर्गस्थित्यन्तकालेषु त्रिधा भेदेन तिष्ठसि ॥४८॥

48. ādidevo'si devānāṃ jñātametatsvarūpataḥ .
svargasthityantakāleṣu tridhā bhedena tiṣṭhasi.

48. ādidevaḥ asi devānām jñātam etat svarūpataḥ
sargasthityantakāleṣu tridhā bhedena tiṣṭhasi

48. You are the primeval god of the gods; this is known through your intrinsic nature (svarūpa). You exist in three distinct forms during the periods of creation, sustenance, and dissolution.

Words meanings summery:

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आदिदेवः (ādidevaḥ) - the primeval god (primeval god, first god)

असि (asi) - you are

देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

ज्ञातम् (jñātam) - is known (known)

एतत् (etat) - this (fact) (this)

स्वरूपतः (svarūpataḥ) - through your intrinsic nature (svarūpa) (by nature, essentially, intrinsically)

सर्गस्थित्यन्तकालेषु (sargasthityantakāleṣu) - during the periods of creation, sustenance, and dissolution (in the times of creation, maintenance, and destruction)

त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three distinct forms (in three ways, threefold)

भेदेन (bhedena) - by differentiation (by differentiation, by distinction, with differences)

तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you exist (you stand, you exist, you remain)

Words meanings and morphology

आदिदेवः (ādidevaḥ) - the primeval god (primeval god, first god)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādideva

ādideva - primeval god, the first deity, ancient god

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ādi+deva)

ādi – beginning, first, primeval
noun (masculine)
deva – god, deity
noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'asi'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Tense (Laṭ)

Second person singular present active.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: The subject "you" (tvam) is implied.

देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

Note: 'ādidevaḥ' is "the primeval god *of* the gods".

ज्ञातम् (jñātam) - is known (known)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñāta

jñāta - known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

From root jñā- (to know) + kta suffix.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: It functions as a predicate, "this (etat) is known".

एतत् (etat) - this (fact) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Subject of 'jñātam'.

स्वरूपतः (svarūpataḥ) - through your intrinsic nature (svarūpa) (by nature, essentially, intrinsically)

(indeclinable)

From sva (own) + rūpa (form). The suffix -tas implies 'by means of' or 'from the nature of'.

सर्गस्थित्यन्तकालेषु (sargasthityantakāleṣu) - during the periods of creation, sustenance, and dissolution (in the times of creation, maintenance, and destruction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sargasthityantakāla

sargasthityantakāla - the time of creation, sustenance, and dissolution

Compound type : dvandva (sarga+sthiti+anta+kāla)

sarga – creation, emission, chapter
noun (masculine)
From root sṛj- (to emit, create).
Root: sṛj (class 6)
sthiti – standing, existing, continuance, maintenance, stability
noun (feminine)
From root sthā- (to stand).
Root: sthā (class 1)
anta – end, termination, destruction, limit
noun (masculine)
kāla – time, period
noun (masculine)

Note: It refers to the three cosmic functions often associated with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva.

त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three distinct forms (in three ways, threefold)

(indeclinable)

From tri- (three) + dhā suffix.

Note: Modifies 'tiṣṭhasi'.

भेदेन (bhedena) - by differentiation (by differentiation, by distinction, with differences)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bheda

bheda - splitting, breaking, distinction, difference, differentiation

From root bhid- (to break, to split).

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Indicates the manner of existence.