Matsyapurana 17.22

17.22

vāryapi śraddhayā dattam akṣayāyopakalpate
tathārghyapiṇḍabhojyādau pitṝṇāṃ rājataṃ matam //

If a silver vessel may not be available, then the worshipper may give away a little silver; if he cannot afford that, then he may simply look at it or merely mention its name. By devoutly offering even water, out of silver or vessels made of alloyed silver, the worshipper gains everlasting bliss. The silver vessels are the best to be used at the time of offering libation and of piṇḍas and of food to the pitṛis of water. Silver has come out of the eyes of Śiva, and consequently it is so much appreciated by the Pitṛis; but it should not be employed at the time of Deva worship, for it is inauspicious there.—21-23.