Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 140
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषो रुक्मवर्णो ह्यतीन्द्रियः / ब्रह्मा नारायणा ख्यस्तु सुष्वाप सलिले तदा
Transliteration
sahasraśīrṣā puruṣo rukmavarṇo hyatīndriyaḥ / brahmā nārāyaṇā khyastu suṣvāpa salile tadā
Translation
The Thousand‑headed Purusha, golden-hued and beyond the senses—Brahma, famed by the name Nārāyaṇa—then slept upon those waters.
Word by Word
sahasra-śīrṣāthousand-headed
sahasra-śīrṣā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + śīrṣan/śīrṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'one who has a thousand heads'
puruṣaḥthe Person
puruṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
rukma-varṇaḥgolden-colored
rukma-varṇaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootrukma (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'having golden color'
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
atīndriyaḥtranscending the senses
atīndriyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootati (उपसर्ग) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; 'beyond the senses'
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
nārāyaṇa-ākhyāḥnamed Nārāyaṇa
nārāyaṇa-ākhyāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; nārāyaṇa-ākhyā = 'named Nārāyaṇa'
tuand/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
suṣvāpaslept
suṣvāpa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√svap (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular; 'slept'
salilein the water
salile:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsalila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, temporal adverb