Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 2
Aṣṭakā-Śrāddha Vidhi and Dāna-Praśaṃsā
Observances in the Dark Fortnight and Praise of Giving
Devanagari script
पुत्रदारनिमित्ताः स्युरष्टकास्तिस्न एव तु / कृष्णपक्षे वरिष्ठा हि पूर्वाखण्डलदेवता
Transliteration
putradāranimittāḥ syuraṣṭakāstisna eva tu / kṛṣṇapakṣe variṣṭhā hi pūrvākhaṇḍaladevatā
Translation
These are indeed the three Aṣṭakā rites, ordained on account of son and wife; in the dark fortnight (Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa) they are held the most excellent, and their presiding deity is Pūrvākhaṇḍala.
Word by Word
पुत्रदारनिमित्ताःhaving sons and wives as the cause
पुत्रदारनिमित्ताः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुत्र + दार + निमित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘अष्टकाः’ इत्यस्य
स्युःwould be/are said to be
स्युः:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन
अष्टकाःthe Aṣṭakā rites/days
अष्टकाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्टका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
तिस्नःthree
तिस्नः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतिसृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘three’)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण—‘अष्टकाः’ इत्यस्य
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle) — अवधारणार्थक
तुbut/and
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle) — विरोध/अन्वय
कृष्णपक्षेin the dark fortnight
कृष्णपक्षे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
वरिष्ठाःthe most excellent
वरिष्ठाः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवरिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of ‘वृद्ध/वर’)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘अष्टकाः’ इत्यस्य
हिfor/indeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle) — हेत्वर्थ/निश्चय
पूर्वाखण्डलदेवताthe deity (is) Pūrvākhaṇḍala
पूर्वाखण्डलदेवता:
Karta (कर्ता/Predicate-nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्व + अखण्डल + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समाहार/जातिवाचक—अष्टकानां देवता-निर्देशः