Prakriya Pada Adhyaya 28 Shloka 33 - Brahmanda Purana | English | Vedapath

Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 33

Amāvasyā-Pitṛtarpaṇa: Purūravas and the Soma-Based Ancestral Offering (अमावस्या-पितृतर्पण / सोमतर्पण-विधि)

Devanagari script

संसिद्धिरेवं सोमस्य पक्षयोः शुक्लकृष्णयोः / इत्येवं पितृमान्सोमः स्मृत इड्वत्सरात्मकः

Transliteration

saṃsiddhirevaṃ somasya pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ / ityevaṃ pitṛmānsomaḥ smṛta iḍvatsarātmakaḥ

Translation

Thus is Soma fulfilled in the bright and dark fortnights; Soma, joined with the Pitṛs, is remembered as having the nature of Idvatsara.

Word by Word

संसिद्धिःcompletion; full attainment

एवम्thus; in this manner

सोमस्यof Soma (the Moon)

पक्षयोःof the two fortnights

शुक्लकृष्णयोःof the bright and dark (fortnights)

इतिthus; so (quoting)

एवम्thus

पितृमान्having the Pitṛs (connected with ancestors)

सोमःSoma (the Moon)

स्मृतःis remembered/considered

इड्वत्सरात्मकःhaving the nature of the iḍ-vatsara (a year-type)