Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 55
Śrāddha-kalpa: Amarakantaka–Tīrtha-Māhātmya and Akṣaya Pitṛ-Tarpaṇa
Devanagari script
गत्वैतान्मुच्यते पापद्द्विजो वह्निं समाश्रयन् / श्राद्धं चानन्त्यमेतेषु जपहोमतपांसि च
Transliteration
gatvaitānmucyate pāpaddvijo vahniṃ samāśrayan / śrāddhaṃ cānantyameteṣu japahomatapāṃsi ca
Translation
इन तीर्थों में जाकर और अग्नि का आश्रय लेकर द्विज पाप से मुक्त हो जाता है। यहाँ श्राद्ध का फल अनन्त होता है, तथा जप, होम और तप भी सिद्ध होते हैं।
Word by Word
gatvāhaving gone
gatvā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/अव्ययकृदन्त)
etānthese (places)
etān:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘gatvā’)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative pronoun
mucyateis freed
mucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmuc (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); passive voice (कर्मणि प्रयोग)
pāpātfrom sin
pāpāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
dvijaḥa twice-born (Brahmin)
dvijaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vahnimfire
vahnim:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘samāśrayan’)
TypeNoun
Rootvahni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
samāśrayanresorting to, taking refuge in
samāśrayan:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/qualifying agent)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-śri (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ/कृदन्त), Masculine Nominative Singular; agrees with dvijaḥ
śrāddhamśrāddha rite
śrāddham:
Karma (कर्म/Object implied)
TypeNoun
Rootśrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) or Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); listed item (ritual act)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय); conjunction (समुच्चय)
ānantyamendlessness, eternal merit
ānantyam:
Karma (कर्म/Object implied)
TypeNoun
Rootānantya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) or Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); abstract noun
eteṣuamong these (places)
eteṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative pronoun
japa-homa-tapāṃsirecitations, fire-offerings, and austerities
japa-homa-tapāṃsi:
Karma (कर्म/Object implied)
TypeNoun
Rootjapa (प्रातिपदिक) + homa (प्रातिपदिक) + tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Plural (बहुवचन); itaretara-dvandva list
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय); conjunction (समुच्चय)