Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 16
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
दीक्षासमाप्तीष्टिदंष्ट्रःक्रतुदन्तो जुहूसुखः / अग्निजिह्वो दर्भरोमा ब्रह्मशीर्षो महातपाः
Transliteration
dīkṣāsamāptīṣṭidaṃṣṭraḥkratudanto juhūsukhaḥ / agnijihvo darbharomā brahmaśīrṣo mahātapāḥ
Translation
Its tusks were the iṣṭi that completes the dīkṣā, its teeth were the kratus, and it delighted in the juhū ladle; its tongue was Agni, its hair was darbha grass, its head was Brahmā—an ascetic of mighty tapas.
Word by Word
dīkṣā-samāpti-iṣṭi-daṃṣṭraḥwhose tusks are (symbolically) initiation, completion, and sacrifice
dīkṣā-samāpti-iṣṭi-daṃṣṭraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + samāpti (प्रातिपदिक) + iṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + daṃṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose tusks are (like) dīkṣā, samāpti, and iṣṭi’ (ritual metaphors)
kratu-dantaḥwhose teeth are the sacrificial rites
kratu-dantaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkratu (प्रातिपदिक) + danta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose teeth are (the) kratus (sacrificial rites)’
juhū-sukhaḥdelighting in the juhū (sacrificial ladle)
juhū-sukhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootjuhū (प्रातिपदिक) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहि: ‘to whom the juhū-ladle is dear/pleasant’
agni-jihvaḥfire-tongued
agni-jihvaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक) + jihvā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose tongue is fire’
darbha-romāhaving darbha-grass as hair
darbha-romā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdarbha (प्रातिपदिक) + roman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose hair is darbha-grass’
brahma-śīrṣaḥBrahmā-/Veda-headed
brahma-śīrṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + śīrṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose head is Brahmā / whose head is (the) brahman (Veda)’ (contextual)
mahā-tapāḥof great austerity
mahā-tapāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहि: ‘of great austerity’