Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 2
Saṃkhyāvarta (संख्यावर्त्त): Commencement of Yajña at the Dawn of Tretāyuga
Devanagari script
अन्तर्हितायां संध्यायां सार्द्धं कृतयुगेन वै / कालाख्यायां प्रवृत्तायां प्राप्ते त्रेतायुगे तदा
Transliteration
antarhitāyāṃ saṃdhyāyāṃ sārddhaṃ kṛtayugena vai / kālākhyāyāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ prāpte tretāyuge tadā
Translation
जब कृतयुग सहित संध्या लुप्त हो गई और ‘काल’ नामक प्रवृत्ति चल पड़ी, तब त्रेतायुग आ पहुँचा।
Word by Word
antarhitāyāmwhen (it) had disappeared
antarhitāyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootantarhita (कृदन्त; √dhā/√hā?; conventional adj ‘hidden’)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally ‘having disappeared/hidden’ (agreeing with saṃdhyāyām)
saṃdhyāyāmin the twilight (junction)
saṃdhyāyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative
sārddhamtogether with
sārddham:
Saha (सह/association)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsārddham (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सहार्थक (preposition/adverb) ‘together with’
kṛta-yugenawith the Kṛta age
kṛta-yugena:
Karana (करण/instrument/association)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛta + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental ‘with the Kṛta-yuga’
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण (emphatic particle)
kāla-ākhyāyāmin the time-called (period)
kāla-ākhyāyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘काल-आख्या’ = the period called ‘Time’/time-junction (agreeing with implied saṃdhyā)
pravṛttāyāmwhen it had begun
pravṛttāyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpravṛtta (कृदन्त; √vṛt (धातु) + ktá)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘having commenced’ (agreeing with kālākhyāyām)
prāptewhen (it) arrived
prāpte:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprāpta (कृदन्त; √āp (धातु) + pra + ktá)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative absolute sense ‘when (it) was reached’
tretā-yugein the Tretā age
tretā-yuge:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottretā + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative
tadāthen
tadā:
Kala (काल/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)