Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 80
Amāvasyā-Pitṛtarpaṇa: Purūravas and the Soma-Based Ancestral Offering (अमावस्या-पितृतर्पण / सोमतर्पण-विधि)
Devanagari script
भिन्नदेहा दुरात्मानः प्रेतभूता यमक्षये / स्वकर्माण्य नुशोचन्तो यातनास्थानमागताः
Transliteration
bhinnadehā durātmānaḥ pretabhūtā yamakṣaye / svakarmāṇya nuśocanto yātanāsthānamāgatāḥ
Translation
Those wicked souls, severed from the body, become pretas in Yama’s realm; lamenting their own deeds, they arrive at the place of torment.
Word by Word
bhinnadehāḥhaving broken/disfigured bodies
bhinnadehāḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhinnadeha (भिन्नदेह)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
durātmānaḥevil-souled/wicked
durātmānaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdurātman (दुरात्मन्)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
pretabhūtāḥhaving become ghosts/pretas
pretabhūtāḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpretabhūta (प्रेतभूत)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
yamakṣayein the abode of Yama
yamakṣaye:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyamakṣaya (यमक्षय)
FormMasculine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); Şaṣṭhī Tatpurusha
svakarmāṇiown deeds
svakarmāṇi:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsvakarma (स्वकर्म)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); Karmadharaya/Tatpurusha
anuśocantaḥgrieving over/regretting
anuśocantaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanuśuc (अनुशुच्)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); Present Participle (Shatr)
yātanāsthānamplace of torment
yātanāsthānam:
Karma (Object/कर्म) of motion
TypeNoun
Rootyātanāsthāna (यातनास्थान)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); Şaṣṭhī Tatpurusha
āgatāḥarrived
āgatāḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootāgata (आगत)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); Past Passive Participle (kta)