मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-108, verse-1

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मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
एवंप्रभावो भगवाननादिनिधनो रविः ।
यस्य त्वं क्रौष्टुके भक्त्या माहात्म्यं परिपृच्छसि ॥१॥

1. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca .
evaṃprabhāvo bhagavānanādinidhano raviḥ .
yasya tvaṃ krauṣṭuke bhaktyā māhātmyaṃ paripṛcchasi.

1. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evamprabhāvaḥ bhagavān anādinidhanaḥ
raviḥ yasya tvam krauṣṭuke bhaktyā māhātmyam paripṛcchasi

1. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Of such great power is the revered (bhagavān) Sun (Ravi), who is without beginning or end, and whose greatness (māhātmya) you, O Krauṣṭuki, inquire about with devotion (bhakti).

Words meanings summery:

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मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Markandeya (a sage's name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

एवम्प्रभावः (evamprabhāvaḥ) - of such great power (of such power, of such nature/glory)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered (revered, divine, glorious, illustrious)

अनादिनिधनः (anādinidhanaḥ) - without beginning or end (without beginning or end, eternal)

रविः (raviḥ) - the Sun (Ravi) (the sun, a name of Surya)

यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of whom)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

क्रौष्टुके (krauṣṭuke) - O Krauṣṭuki (O Krauṣṭuki (a proper name))

भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion (bhakti) (with devotion)

माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness (māhātmya) (greatness, glory, majesty)

परिपृच्छसि (paripṛcchasi) - you inquire about (you ask, you inquire thoroughly)

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Markandeya (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Markandeya (name of a revered sage)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense (liṭ) form of root 'vac'.

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम्प्रभावः (evamprabhāvaḥ) - of such great power (of such power, of such nature/glory)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of evamprabhāva

evamprabhāva - of such power, of such nature, having such glory

Compound of 'evam' (thus, so) and 'prabhāva' (power, influence, glory).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (evam+prabhāva)

evam – thus, so, in this manner
indeclinable
prabhāva – power, might, dignity, glory, nature
noun (masculine)
Prefix: pra

Note: Qualifies 'bhagavān raviḥ'.

भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered (revered, divine, glorious, illustrious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - revered, glorious, divine, illustrious, fortunate

Derived from 'bhaga' (fortune, excellence) with possessive suffix '-vat'.

Note: Qualifies 'raviḥ'.

अनादिनिधनः (anādinidhanaḥ) - without beginning or end (without beginning or end, eternal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anādinidhana

anādinidhana - without beginning or end, eternal, imperishable

Tatpuruṣa compound of 'anādi' (without beginning) and 'nidhana' (end, destruction). 'anādi' itself is a Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'an-' (not) and 'ādi' (beginning).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anādi+nidhana)

anādi – without beginning, primeval
adjective (masculine)
Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'an-' (not) and 'ādi' (beginning).
nidhana – end, destruction, death, dissolution
noun (neuter)
Prefix: ni

Note: Qualifies 'raviḥ'.

रविः (raviḥ) - the Sun (Ravi) (the sun, a name of Surya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - the sun, a name of Sūrya

Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Subject of the sentence, implicitly 'is'.

यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to 'raviḥ'.