Markandeyapurana 30.19
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 30.19
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- Sanskrit
30.19
mṛtāhani yathānyāyaṃ nṛṇāṃ yadvadihoditam /
putrābhāve sapiṇḍāstu tadabhāve sahodakāḥ //
“This śrāddha for a single deceased person is ordained precisely the same for women also. The śrāddha for deceased sapiṇḍas does not exist for them, if they have no son. The śrāddha for a single deceased person must be performed every year for a woman by the men, duly on the day of her death, as has been here mentioned for men.
“But if there are no sons, the sapiṇḍas; if they are wanting, the sahodakas,[7] and those who may be the mother’s sapiṇḍas and those who may be the mother’s sahodakas, should duly perform this ceremony for a man who has no son, and for one who has begotten only a daughter. The daughters and their children should in this way perform the ceremony for the maternal grandfather. But those who are designated as the sons of two such persons should worship their maternal and paternal grandfathers fittingly with the occasional śrāddhas.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Brahmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit