[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Rites for the dead](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha) › [Eastern Indian śrāddha digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal) › [Shraddhakaumudi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi) › 5.p29 # Shraddhakaumudi 5.p29 Śrāddhakaumudī 5.p29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.5.p29) brahmaviṣṇvarkarudrāṇāṃ stotrāṇi vividhāni ca | indrasomeśasūktāni pāvamānīśca śaktitaḥ || gāruḍebhuktāvatsu saptavyādhādikaṃ pitṛstotraṃ japet | viṣṇupurāṇerakṣoghnamantrapaṭhanaṃ bhūmerāstaraṇaṃ tilaiḥ | kṛtvā dhyeyāśca pitarastaeva hi dvijottamāḥ || pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ | mama tṛptiṃ prayāntvadya vipradeheṣu saṃsthitāḥ || pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ | mama tṛptiṃ prayāntvagnihomāpyāyitamūrttayaḥ || pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ | tṛptiṃ prayāntu piṇḍena mayā dattena bhūtale || pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ | tṛptiṃ prayāntu me bhaktyā yanmayatadudāhṛtam || mātāmahastṛptimupaitu tasya tathāpi tātasya pitā tathānyaḥ | viśve ca devā paramāṃ prayāntu tṛptiṃ pragacchantu ca yātudhānāḥ || yajñeśvaro havyasamastakavyabhoktā'vyayātmā harirīśvaro'tra | tatsannidhānādapayāntu sadyo rakṣāṃsyaśeṣāṇyasurāśca sarve || brahmapurāṇe— vaiṣṇavīṣvarddhamikṣvaiva viprebhyaḥ saṃnivedayet | ayaṃśca japaḥ kṛtāñjalinā darbheṣvāsīnena prācīnāvautinā dakṣiṇāmukhena kāryyaḥ | pavitrāñjalipāṇirdarbheṣvāsīno japet | iti śaṅkhavacanāt | sarvvakarmmaṇāñca pitṛddeśyatayā tatprādhānyenopadeśāt dakṣiṇāmukhatvādeḥ paitṛdharmmasyaivocitatvāt | gobhisenāpi ata ūrddhaṃ prācīnāvautinā kṛtyamiti sāmānyopadeśācca | viṣṇupurāṇe'pi— pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ | tṛptiṃ prayāntu me bhaktyā yanmayetadudāhṛtam || iti japasya pitṛkāryyatvenopadeśācca | ataeva pitṛbrāhmaṇābhimukhyenaiva japaḥ | evañca piṇḍe picāvāhanamantrasya anuvrajane āmāvājasyetyasya ca śrāddhasyādāvante piṇḍadāne ca devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhya ityasya ca japaḥ paitradharmeṇa kāryyaḥ | pitaraḥ kṣipramāyānti rākṣasāḥ pradravanti ca | iti pūrvoktabrahmapurāṇavacanācca ; etena prāṅmukhatvopavītitvādikarmeṇa sarvvatra mantrajapalekhanaṃ pramāṇaśūnyam maithilānāṃ nirastam | pāraskaraḥtṛptiṃ jñātvā annaṃ prakīryya sakṛt sakṛdapo datvā pūrvvavat gāyatrīṃ japitvā madhumatīṃ madhumadhviti ca tṛptāḥ stheti pṛcchati tṛptāḥ sma ityanujñātaḥ śeṣamannamanujñāpyeti - [Previous: 5.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.5.p28) - [Next: 5.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.5.p30) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.5) ## Linked texts (3) - [Varāhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.14.31) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.12.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.15.36) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.5.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.5.p29) · Pramāṇa