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Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 1

Nakṣatra-Śrāddha Phala-Vidhi

Results of Śrāddha by Asterism

Devanagari script

इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे श्राद्धकल्पे तिथिश्राद्धवर्णनं नाम सप्तदशो ऽध्यायः // १७// बृहस्पतिरुवाच यमस्तु यानि श्राद्धानि प्रोवाच शशबिन्दवे / तानि मे शृणु कार्याणि नक्षत्रेषु पृथक् पृथक्

Transliteration

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde śrāddhakalpe tithiśrāddhavarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ // 17// bṛhaspatiruvāca yamastu yāni śrāddhāni provāca śaśabindave / tāni me śṛṇu kāryāṇi nakṣatreṣu pṛthak pṛthak

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the middle section spoken by Vāyu, in the third Upoddhāta-pāda, within the Śrāddha-kalpa, is the seventeenth chapter called “The Description of Tithi-Śrāddha.” Bṛhaspati said: Hear from me the śrāddhas that Yama taught to Śaśabindu; they are to be performed separately according to each nakṣatra.

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीब्रह्माण्डेin the revered Brahmāṇḍa

महापुराणेin the Mahāpurāṇa

वायुप्रोक्तेspoken by Vāyu

मध्यभागेin the middle section

तृतीयthird

उपोद्धातपादेin the Upoddhāta pāda (introductory section)

श्राद्धकल्पेin the Śrāddha-kalpa

तिथिश्राद्धवर्णनम्description of tithi-śrāddha

नामnamed

सप्तदशःseventeenth

अध्यायःchapter

बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati

उवाचsaid

यमःYama

तुindeed/but

यानिwhich (things)

श्राद्धानिśrāddhas (rites)

प्रोवाचtold/declared

शशबिन्दवेto Śaśabindu

तानिthose

मेmy/from me

शृणुhear

कार्याणिthings to be done

नक्षत्रेषुin the nakṣatras (asterisms)

पृथक्separately

पृथक्each by each