Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 59
Śrāddha-kalpa: Amarakantaka–Tīrtha-Māhātmya and Akṣaya Pitṛ-Tarpaṇa
Devanagari script
संध्यायां च महानद्यां दृश्यते महादद्भुतम् / अश्रद्दधानं नाभ्येति सा चाभ्येति धृतव्रतम्
Transliteration
saṃdhyāyāṃ ca mahānadyāṃ dṛśyate mahādadbhutam / aśraddadhānaṃ nābhyeti sā cābhyeti dhṛtavratam
Translation
संध्या समय महानदी में एक महान अद्भुत बात दिखाई देती है—वह अश्रद्धालु के पास नहीं आती, पर व्रतधारी के पास आती है।
Word by Word
saṃdhyāyāmat twilight
saṃdhyāyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/time)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय)
mahānadyāmin the great river
mahānadyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘great river’ as place-name/context
dṛśyateis seen / appears
dṛśyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
mahāgreat
mahā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/modifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormIndeclinable adjective used as first member; qualifies ‘adbhutam’
adbhutama wonder
adbhutam:
Karta (कर्ता/subject in passive appearance)
TypeNoun
Rootadbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); subject of passive ‘dṛśyate’
aśraddadhānamthe faithless (one lacking śraddhā)
aśraddadhānam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeAdjective
Roota- + śraddadhāna (प्रातिपदिक; √dhā with śrad)
FormPresent participle (शतृ/शानच् type; here -āna), Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘one who is not faithful’ used as object
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेधार्थक निपात)
abhyetiapproaches / comes near
abhyeti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi + √i (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
sāshe / that (river)
sā:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun referring to the river/that (entity)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय)
abhyetiapproaches
abhyeti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi + √i (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
dhṛtavratamthe vow-observant (person)
dhṛtavratam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhṛta + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (as person implied), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘one who has undertaken a vow’