मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-128, verse-19

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ततश्चुक्षोभ जगती संवर्त्तास्त्रप्रतापिता ।
साब्धिशैलाऽखिला विप्र कालस्यास्त्रे समुद्यते ॥१९॥

19. tataścukṣobha jagatī saṃvarttāstrapratāpitā .
sābdhiśailā'khilā vipra kālasyāstre samudyate.

19. tataḥ cukṣobha jagatī saṃvartāstrapratāpitā
sābdhiśailā akhilā vipra kālasya astre samudyate

19. Then, O Brahmin, as Kāla's (Time/Death) weapon was raised, the entire earth, with its oceans and mountains, trembled, scorched as if by a weapon of cosmic dissolution (saṃvartāstra).

Words meanings summery:

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ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

चुक्षोभ (cukṣobha) - trembled, shook, was agitated

जगती (jagatī) - the earth, the world

संवर्तास्त्रप्रतापिता (saṁvartāstrapratāpitā) - scorched by the weapon of cosmic dissolution

साब्धिशैला (sābdhiśailā) - with its oceans and mountains

अखिला (akhilā) - entire, whole, complete

विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin

कालस्य (kālasya) - of Kāla (Time/Death)

अस्त्रे (astre) - in the weapon, when the weapon

समुद्यते (samudyate) - being raised, being projected, being prepared

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

चुक्षोभ (cukṣobha) - trembled, shook, was agitated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of kṣubh

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

जगती (jagatī) - the earth, the world

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jagatī

jagatī - earth, world, living beings

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'cukṣobha'.

संवर्तास्त्रप्रतापिता (saṁvartāstrapratāpitā) - scorched by the weapon of cosmic dissolution

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃvartāstrapratāpita

saṁvartāstrapratāpita - scorched by the weapon of dissolution/destruction

Past Passive Participle compound

Tatpuruṣa compound: saṃvartāstra (weapon of dissolution) + pratāpita (scorched, heated, from √tap with pra)

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃvartāstra+pratāpita)

saṃvarta – dissolution, destruction, universal deluge
noun (masculine)
From √vṛt with prefix sam-
Prefix: sam
Root: vṛt (class 1)
astra – weapon, missile
noun (neuter)
Root: as (class 4)
pratāpita – scorched, heated, tormented
adjective (feminine)
Past Passive Participle
From causative of √tap with prefix pra-
Prefix: pra
Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jagatī'.

साब्धिशैला (sābdhiśailā) - with its oceans and mountains

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sābdhiśaila

sābdhiśaila - with oceans and mountains

Bahuvrīhi compound: sa (with) + abdhi (ocean) + śaila (mountain)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+abdhi+śaila)