Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 111
Śrāddha-kalpa: Amarakantaka–Tīrtha-Māhātmya and Akṣaya Pitṛ-Tarpaṇa
Devanagari script
अल्पेनाप्यत्र कालेन नरो धर्मपरायणः / पाप्मानमुत्सृजत्याशु जीर्णां त्वचमिवोरगः
Transliteration
alpenāpyatra kālena naro dharmaparāyaṇaḥ / pāpmānamutsṛjatyāśu jīrṇāṃ tvacamivoragaḥ
Translation
Here, even in a little time, a man devoted to dharma swiftly casts off sin, as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
Word by Word
अल्पेनwith a little (time)
अल्पेन:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootअल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (measure of time)
अपिeven
अपि:
Avyaya (अव्यय/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अपि = even/also
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)
कालेनby time/within time
कालेन:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental of time)
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
धर्मपरायणःdevoted to dharma
धर्मपरायणः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मपरायण (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म+परायण)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying नरः)
पाप्मानम्sin/evil
पाप्मानम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म
उत्सृजतिcasts off
उत्सृजति:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootउत्+सृज् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd/प्रथम), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
आशुquickly
आशु:
Avyaya (अव्यय/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआशु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: quickly)
जीर्णाम्worn-out
जीर्णाम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootजीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; √जॄ-क्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying त्वचम्)
त्वचम्skin
त्वचम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; उपमानस्य कर्म (object in simile)
इवlike
इव:
Avyaya (अव्यय/Simile-marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपमावाचक (simile particle)
उरगःa serpent
उरगः:
Upamana (उपमान/Standard of comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootउरग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपमान (standard of comparison)