Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 36
अगम्यागमन-निष्कृति-निर्णयः
Expiations for Forbidden Sexual Relations
Devanagari script
भक्तिश्रद्धासमायुक्तः स्नात्वान्तर्जलसंस्थितः / अष्टोत्तरसहस्रं तु जपेत्पञ्चदशाक्षरीम्
Transliteration
bhaktiśraddhāsamāyuktaḥ snātvāntarjalasaṃsthitaḥ / aṣṭottarasahasraṃ tu japetpañcadaśākṣarīm
Translation
भक्ति और श्रद्धा से युक्त होकर स्नान करके जल के भीतर स्थित हो, और पंद्रह अक्षरों वाले मंत्र का एक हज़ार आठ बार जप करे।
Word by Word
bhakti-śraddhā-samāyuktaḥendowed with devotion and faith
bhakti-śraddhā-samāyuktaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (कृदन्त; सम्-आ-युज् धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); past participle used adjectivally; compound: bhaktiśraddhābhyāṃ samāyuktaḥ (endowed with devotion and faith)
snātvāhaving bathed
snātvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootsnā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), indeclinable verbal form; ‘having bathed’
antar-jala-saṃsthitaḥstanding in water
antar-jala-saṃsthitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootantar (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + jala (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthita (कृदन्त; सम्-स्था धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; past participle used adjectivally; compound sense: antarjale saṃsthitaḥ (situated in water)
aṣṭottara-sahasramone thousand and eight (times)
aṣṭottara-sahasram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootaṣṭa (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुṃsaka (Neuter), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana; dvigu compound meaning ‘one thousand and eight’ (=1008)
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha/Avyaya (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (nipāta) indicating emphasis/contrast
japetshould recite (mutter)
japet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjap (धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (Optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; parasmaipada
pañcadaśa-akṣarīmthe fifteen-syllabled (mantra)
pañcadaśa-akṣarīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpañcadaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + akṣarī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: pañcadaśa akṣarāṇi yasyāḥ sā (a fifteen-syllabled [mantra])