Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 13

Nīlakaṇṭha-nāmotpatti-kathana

Origin of the Epithet “Nīlakaṇṭha”

Devanagari script

शतसूर्यप्रतीकाशं ज्वलन्तं स्वेन तेजसा / चतुर्वक्त्रं महायोगं पुरुषं काञ्चनप्रभम्

Transliteration

śatasūryapratīkāśaṃ jvalantaṃ svena tejasā / caturvaktraṃ mahāyogaṃ puruṣaṃ kāñcanaprabham

Translation

He blazed with his own radiance, shining like a hundred suns—four-faced, a great yogin, the Purusha of golden splendor.

Word by Word

• śata-sūrya-pratīkāśam: having the radiance of a hundred suns
• śata-sūrya-pratīkāśam: Viśeṣaṇa of karma (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + pratīkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); samāsa: ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śata-sūryāṇāṃ pratīkāśaḥ) used adjectivally

• jvalantam: blazing
• jvalantam: Viśeṣaṇa of karma (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jval (धातु)
• Form: Vartamāna-kṛdanta (Present active participle/शतृ), Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative), Ekavacana; from √jval (to blaze)

• svena: by his own
• svena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka-prayoga (contextual), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana; sarvanāma (pronoun) used adjectivally

• tejasā: splendour, energy
• tejasā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana

• catur-vaktram: four-faced
• catur-vaktram: Viśeṣaṇa of karma (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक) + vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative), Ekavacana; samāsa: dvigu (caturṇi vaktrāṇi yasya) used adjectivally

• mahā-yogam: of great yoga (greatly endowed with yogic power)
• mahā-yogam: Viśeṣaṇa of karma (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative), Ekavacana; samāsa: karmadhāraya (mahān yogaḥ) used adjectivally

• puruṣam: the person, being
• puruṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana

• kāñcana-prabham: golden-radiant
• kāñcana-prabham: Viśeṣaṇa of karma (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāñcana (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhā/prabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative), Ekavacana; samāsa: tatpuruṣa (kāñcanasya prabhā yasyāsti / kāñcana-sadṛśī prabhā) used adjectivally