Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 15
Pitṛgaṇa-Vibhāga (Classification of the Pitṛs) and the Śrāddha–Soma Nourishment Cycle
Devanagari script
एतासां तपसा सृष्टं यावद्भूमिर्द्धरिष्यति / तपःशरीरास्ताः सर्वास्थिस्रो योगबलान्विताः
Transliteration
etāsāṃ tapasā sṛṣṭaṃ yāvadbhūmirddhariṣyati / tapaḥśarīrāstāḥ sarvāsthisro yogabalānvitāḥ
Translation
What was brought forth by the austerity of these maidens will endure as long as the earth upholds it. All of them were embodied tapas—reduced to bone—yet endowed with the power of yoga.
Word by Word
etāsāmof these (women)
etāsām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana
tapasāby austerity
tapasā:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsaka, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana
sṛṣṭamcreated, produced
sṛṣṭam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicative (विधेय/Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootsṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) from √sṛj (धातु)
FormNapuṃsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kta-participle used predicatively
yāvatas long as
yāvat:
Kāla-avadhi (काल-अवधि/Time limit)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyāvat (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; yāvat-śabda used as limit marker (avadhi/अवधि)
bhūmiḥthe earth
bhūmiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
dhariṣyatiwill endure, will hold (remain)
dhariṣyati:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√dhṛ (धातु)
FormLuṭ lakāra (Simple future/लुट्), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada
tapaḥ-śarīrāḥhaving austerity as their body
tapaḥ-śarīrāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of tāḥ)
TypeAdjective
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; bahuvrīhi: 'whose body is (made of) austerity'
tāḥthey (those women)
tāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
sarvāḥall
sarvāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of tāḥ)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
sthisraḥsteady, firm
sthisraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of tāḥ)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthisra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; reading normalized from 'sthisro' to 'sthisrāḥ' (stable/firm)
yoga-bala-anvitāḥendowed with yogic power
yoga-bala-anvitāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of tāḥ)
TypeAdjective
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (प्रातिपदिक) from √i (धातु) with anu-
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: 'endowed with the power of yoga' (yoga-bala) + kta adjective anvita