Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 64
Nīlakaṇṭha-nāmotpatti-kathana
Origin of the Epithet “Nīlakaṇṭha”
Devanagari script
सूत उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा गताः सर्वे सुराः स्वं स्वं निवेशनम् / नमस्कारं प्रकुर्वाणाः शङ्कराय महात्मने
Transliteration
sūta uvāca etacchrutvā gatāḥ sarve surāḥ svaṃ svaṃ niveśanam / namaskāraṃ prakurvāṇāḥ śaṅkarāya mahātmane
Translation
Sūta said: Hearing this, all the gods departed to their own abodes, offering salutations to Śaṅkara, the great-souled one.
Word by Word
sūtaḥSūta
sūtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st; प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्) (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd; द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
Hetu/Anubandha (हेतु/अनुबन्ध)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु) (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; अव्ययभाव), ‘having heard’
gatāḥwent
gatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (गम्) (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st; प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
sarveall
sarve:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st; प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying surāḥ
surāḥgods
surāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st; प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
svamown
svam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-विशेषण)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd; द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); used distributively with repetition
svamown
svam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-विशेषण)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd; द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); repetition for ‘each his own’
niveśanamabode/dwelling
niveśanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootniveśana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd; द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
namaskāramsalutation
namaskāram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnamaskāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd; द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
prakurvāṇāḥoffering/doing
prakurvāṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Parasmaipada sense, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st; प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
śaṅkarāyato Śaṅkara
śaṅkarāya:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th; चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
mahātmaneto the great-souled one
mahātmane:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th; चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)