Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 93
Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
Devanagari script
अग्नये कव्यवाहाय स्वधा अङ्गिरसे नमः / सोमाय वै पितृमते स्वधा अङ्गिरसे पुनः
Transliteration
agnaye kavyavāhāya svadhā aṅgirase namaḥ / somāya vai pitṛmate svadhā aṅgirase punaḥ
Translation
Homage to Agni, the kavyavāha who bears offerings to the ancestors, with the utterance svadhā—salutation to Aṅgirasa. Homage to Soma, aligned with the Pitṛs, with svadhā—again, salutation to Aṅgirasa.
Word by Word
agnayeto Agni
agnaye:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
kavya-vāhāyato the carrier of offerings to ancestors
kavya-vāhāya:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootkavya (प्रातिपदिक) + vāha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष (kavyam vahati iti)
svadhāsvadhā (ritual utterance)
svadhā:
Mantra-pada (मन्त्रपद)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvadhā (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
FormRitual exclamation (निपात/मन्त्रपद) used in śrāddha
aṅgiraseto Aṅgiras
aṅgirase:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootaṅgiras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Bhava (भाव/उपपद)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय) used with dative; salutation-form
somāyato Soma
somāya:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootsoma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
vaiindeed
vai:
Nipata (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
pitṛmatepossessed of/connected with the Pitṛs
pitṛmate:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpitṛmat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); possessive adjective (मतुप्)
svadhāsvadhā
svadhā:
Mantra-pada (मन्त्रपद)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvadhā (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
FormRitual exclamation (निपात/मन्त्रपद)
aṅgiraseto Aṅgiras
aṅgirase:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootaṅgiras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)