Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 34
दुर्मद-कुरण्ड-वधः (The Slaying of Durmada and Kuraṇḍa) — Lalitopākhyāna Battle Continuation
Devanagari script
पीतवर्णास्त्रिफणका दंष्ट्राभिर्विकटाननाः / सर्पिण्याः कर्णकुहरादुत्थिताः सर्पकोटयः
Transliteration
pītavarṇāstriphaṇakā daṃṣṭrābhirvikaṭānanāḥ / sarpiṇyāḥ karṇakuharādutthitāḥ sarpakoṭayaḥ
Translation
Yellow serpents with triple hoods, their mouths made monstrous by fangs—serpents by countless koṭis—sprang forth from the ear-caverns of Sarpiṇī.
Word by Word
pīta-varṇāḥyellow-colored
pīta-varṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootpīta (कृदन्त; √pā पा/√pī पी, क्त; ‘yellow’) + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारयसमास; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्
tri-phaṇakāḥthree-hooded
tri-phaṇakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक) + phaṇaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्विगुसमास; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्
daṃṣṭrābhiḥwith fangs
daṃṣṭrābhiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootdaṃṣṭrā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन
vikaṭa-ānanāḥhaving frightful faces
vikaṭa-ānanāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootvikaṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारयसमास; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्
sarpiṇyāḥof Sarpiṇī
sarpiṇyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootsarpiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन
karṇa-kuharātfrom the ear-cavity
karṇa-kuharāt:
Apadana (अपादान/Ablative-source)
TypeNoun
Rootkarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + kuhara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative: from)
utthitāḥarisen, emerged
utthitāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootud-√sthā (स्था) + utthita (कृदन्त; क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्
sarpa-koṭayaḥcrores of snakes
sarpa-koṭayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsarpa (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन