मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-21, verse-17

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विस्पष्टेन्दुमुखीं सुभ्रूं पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम् ।
बिम्बाधरोष्ठीं नन्वङ्गीं नीलोत्पलविलोचनाम् ॥१७॥

17. vispaṣṭendumukhīṃ subhrūṃ pīnaśroṇipayodharām .
bimbādharoṣṭhīṃ nanvaṅgīṃ nīlotpalavilocanām.

17. vispaṣṭendumukhīm subhrūm pīnaśroṇipayodharām
bimbādharoṣṭhīm tanvaṅgīm nīlotpalavilocanām

17. She had a face as clear as the moon, beautiful eyebrows, full hips and breasts, lips like bimba fruit, a slender body, and eyes like blue lotuses.

Words meanings summery:

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विस्पष्टेन्दुमुखीम् (vispaṣṭendumukhīm) - having a face as clear as the moon

सुभ्रूम् (subhrūm) - having beautiful eyebrows

पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम् (pīnaśroṇipayodharām) - having full hips and breasts

बिम्बाधरोष्ठीम् (bimbādharoṣṭhīm) - having lips like a bimba fruit

तन्वङ्गीम् (tanvaṅgīm) - slender-bodied

नीलोत्पलविलोचनाम् (nīlotpalavilocanām) - having eyes like blue lotuses

Words meanings and morphology

विस्पष्टेन्दुमुखीम् (vispaṣṭendumukhīm) - having a face as clear as the moon

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vispaṣṭendumukhī

vispaṣṭendumukhī - having a face as clear as the moon

Bahuvrihi compound: vispaṣṭa (clear/bright) + indu (moon) + mukha (face)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vispaṣṭa+indu+mukha)

vispaṣṭa – very clear, distinct, bright, manifest
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root spaś (to see) with prefixes vi and pra (here vi-pra-√ś seems to form 'vispaṣṭa')
Prefixes: vi+pra
Root: spaś
indu – moon, drop, spot
noun (masculine)
mukha – face, mouth, countenance
noun (neuter)

सुभ्रूम् (subhrūm) - having beautiful eyebrows

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of subhrū

subhrū - having beautiful eyebrows

Bahuvrihi compound: su (beautiful) + bhrū (eyebrow)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+bhrū)

su – good, well, beautiful, excellent
indeclinable
bhrū – eyebrow
noun (feminine)

पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम् (pīnaśroṇipayodharām) - having full hips and breasts

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pīnaśroṇipayodharā

pīnaśroṇipayodharā - having plump hips and breasts

Bahuvrihi compound: pīna (full/plump) + śroṇi (hip) + payodhara (breast)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pīna+śroṇi+payodhara)

pīna – fat, plump, full, stout
adjective
śroṇi – hip, buttock, posterior
noun (feminine)
payodhara – breast (literally 'cloud-bearer' or 'water-bearer')
noun (masculine)
Compound: payas (water) + dhara (holding)

बिम्बाधरोष्ठीम् (bimbādharoṣṭhīm) - having lips like a bimba fruit

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bimbādharoṣṭhī

bimbādharoṣṭhī - having lips (lower and upper) like the bimba fruit (red and plump)

Bahuvrihi compound: bimba (bimba fruit) + adhara (lower lip) + oṣṭha (upper lip)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bimba+adhara+oṣṭha)

bimba – bimba fruit (Momordica monadelpha, a red gourd); disk, globe
noun (neuter)
adhara – lower; lower lip; inferior
adjective (masculine)
oṣṭha – lip
noun (masculine)

तन्वङ्गीम् (tanvaṅgīm) - slender-bodied

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanvaṅgī

tanvaṅgī - a woman with a slender body or delicate limbs

Bahuvrihi compound: tanu (slender) + aṅga (body/limb)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tanu+aṅga)

tanu – slender, thin; body
adjective (feminine)
aṅga – body, limb, part
noun (neuter)

Note: The source Devanagari 'नन्वङ्गीं' (nanvaṅgīm) is interpreted as 'तन्वङ्गीं' (tanvaṅgīm) due to contextual consistency with other descriptive adjectives and its appearance in verse 132893 describing the same character. 'Nanvaṅgīm' is not a standard Sanskrit adjective for physical description and would not fit the descriptive context.

नीलोत्पलविलोचनाम् (nīlotpalavilocanām) - having eyes like blue lotuses

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nīlotpalavilocanā

nīlotpalavilocanā - having eyes like blue lotuses

Bahuvrihi compound: nīla (blue) + utpala (lotus) + vilocana (eye)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nīla+utpala+vilocana)