[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) › [Shraddhacandrika (Divakarabhatta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika) › 1.p8 # Shraddhacandrika (Divakarabhatta) 1.p8 Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa) 1.p8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.1.p8) śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || jānakīnayanayugmagocaraṃ mānināṃ nayanayoragocaram | nīlamegharuciracchaviṃ sadā bhāvaye manasi rāghavaṃ mudā ||1|| yatkīrttyā dhavalīkṛtaṃ tribhuvanaṃ nāmnā jagatpāvitaṃ yanmūrttyā vinivāritaṃ bahutaraṃ pāpaṃ mahāpāpinām | yadgranthaiḥ kaṭhinaṃ jagāma kṛśatāṃ dvaitaṃ vratādisthale tasyāhaṃ śirasā namāmi caraṇau śrīnīlakaṇṭhaprabhoḥ ||2|| natvā sāmbaṃ tathā tātaṃ janayatrīṃ gurūnnapi | divākareṇa viduṣā tanyate śrāddhacandrikā || 3 || tatrādau śrāddhapraśaṃsā hemādrau kūrmapurāṇeyo'nena vidhinā śrāddhaṃ kuryyādvai śāntamānasaḥ | vyapetakalmaṣo nityaṃ yāti nāvattaṃte punaḥ || viṣṇudharmottareśrāddhakāle tāthānnena piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ tathā | pitṝṇāṃ ye kariṣyanti teṣāṃ puṣṭirbhaviṣyati || paitṛpaitāmahaḥ piṇḍo vāsudevaḥ prakīrttitaḥ | paitāmahaśca nirdiṣṭastathā saṅkarṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | pitṛpiṇḍastu vijñeyaḥ pradyumnaścāparājitaḥ || ātmāniruddho vijñeyaḥ piṇḍanirvapaṇe budhaiḥ | iti | pitṛpitāmahasyāyaṃ paitṛpaitāmahaḥ prapitāmahapiṇḍa ityarthaḥ | tatraiva devalaḥ, devo yadi pitā jātaḥ śubhakarmānuyogataḥ | tasyānnamamṛtaṃ bhūtvā devatve'pyanugacchati || vāyupurāṇedevakāryādapi sadā pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate | devātābhyaḥ pitṝṇāṃ hi pūrvamāpyāyanaṃ śubham || iti - [Next: 1.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.1.p9) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.9.68) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.11.98) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.1.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.1.p8) · Pramāṇa