Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 139
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
शार इत्येव शीर्णे तु नानार्थो धातु रुच्यते / एकर्णवे ततस्तस्मिन्नष्टे स्थावर जङ्गमे / तदा भवति स ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्
Transliteration
śāra ityeva śīrṇe tu nānārtho dhātu rucyate / ekarṇave tatastasminnaṣṭe sthāvara jaṅgame / tadā bhavati sa brahmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt
Translation
The root ‘śāra’ is spoken of with many senses in the meaning of ‘śīrṇa’—worn away and dissolved. When, in that single ocean of pralaya, all the immobile and the moving had perished, then Brahma became the Thousand‑eyed, the Thousand‑footed.
Word by Word
śāraḥ‘śāra’ (a term)
śāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
itithus/‘…’
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, quotative particle (इति-निपात)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, emphatic particle
śīrṇewhen (it is) destroyed/decayed
śīrṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśīrṇa (कृदन्त, √śṝ धातु)
FormLocative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; used adverbially 'when (it is) decayed/destroyed'; gender context-dependent (here locative absolute)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction/particle (समुच्चय/विरोध)
nānārthaḥhaving many meanings
nānārthaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnānā (अव्यय) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying dhātuḥ
dhātuḥverbal root (dhātu)
dhātuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhātu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
rucyateis accepted/is used
rucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ruc (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person, Singular; passive-like sense 'is found pleasing/accepted'
ekārṇavein the one ocean (deluge)
ekārṇave:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक) + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya compound; Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'in the single ocean (cosmic flood)'
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya, adverb of sequence
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
naṣṭewhen destroyed
naṣṭe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnaṣṭa (कृदन्त, √naś धातु)
FormLocative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; locative absolute with tasmin: 'when (it was) destroyed'
sthāvarein the immobile (beings)
sthāvare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsthāvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular/Collective; paired with jaṅgame as a dvandva-like coordination without compound
jaṅgamein the mobile (beings)
jaṅgame:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular/Collective
tadāthen/at that time
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, temporal adverb
bhavatibecomes/is
bhavati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular (irregular stem: brahmā)
sahasra-akṣaḥthousand-eyed
sahasra-akṣaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'one whose eyes are a thousand'
sahasra-pātthousand-footed
sahasra-pāt:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + pād (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'one whose feet are a thousand'