Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 14
Nīlakaṇṭha-nāmotpatti-kathana
Origin of the Epithet “Nīlakaṇṭha”
Devanagari script
कृष्णाजिनधरं देवं कमण्डलुविभूषितम् / निमेषान्तरमात्रेण प्राप्तो ऽसौ पुरुषोत्तमः
Transliteration
kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ devaṃ kamaṇḍaluvibhūṣitam / nimeṣāntaramātreṇa prāpto 'sau puruṣottamaḥ
Translation
Ang diyos na may suot na balat ng itim na usa at may kamandalu bilang palamuti ay naabot ng Purushottama sa isang kisapmata.
Word by Word
kṛṣṇa-ajina-dharamwearing a black antelope-skin
kṛṣṇa-ajina-dharam:
Viśeṣaṇa of karma (कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ajina (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative), Ekavacana; samāsa: tatpuruṣa (kṛṣṇam ajinaṃ dharati iti) used adjectivally
devamthe god
devam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative), Ekavacana
kamaṇḍalu-vibhūṣitamadorned with a water-pot (kamaṇḍalu)
kamaṇḍalu-vibhūṣitam:
Viśeṣaṇa of karma (कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkamaṇḍalu (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhūṣita (प्रातिपदिक; √bhūṣ dhātu in kta)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative), Ekavacana; kta-participle (past passive participle) ‘adorned’; samāsa: tatpuruṣa (kamaṇḍalunā vibhūṣitaḥ) used adjectivally
nimeṣa-antara-mātreṇawithin the span of a blink
nimeṣa-antara-mātreṇa:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa / Karaṇa (कालाधिकरण/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnimeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental), Ekavacana; samāsa: tatpuruṣa (nimeṣasya antaram = interval; tasya mātram = mere measure)
prāptaḥarrived
prāptaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-āp (धातु)
FormKta-kṛdanta used as finite sense; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Ekavacana; meaning ‘having arrived/arrived’ (perfective result)
asauthat (he)
asau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
puruṣa-uttamaḥthe सर्वोत्तम person, supreme man
puruṣa-uttamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (apposition to asau)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Ekavacana; samāsa: tatpuruṣa (puruṣāṇām uttamaḥ)