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# Vayupurana 2.20: adhyāyaḥ 20

Vāyupurāṇa 2.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 20

### [2.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.1)

bṛhaspatiruvāca..

### [2.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.2)

yamastu yāni śrāddhāni provāca śaśa(śiva)bindave.  
tāni me śrṛṇu kārtsnyena nakṣatreṣu pṛthak pṛthak .. 20.1 ..

### [2.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.3)

śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kṛttikāyoge karoti satataṃ naraḥ.  
agnīnādhāya sāpatyo jāyate sa gatajvaraḥ .. 20.2 ..

### [2.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.4)

apatyakāmo rohiṇyāṃ saumyenaujasvitā bhavet .  
prāyaśaḥ krūrakarmmā tu cārdrāyāṃ śrāddhamācaret .. 20.3 ..

### [2.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.5)

kṣetrabhāgī bhavet putrī śrāddhaṃ kurvvan punarvvasau.  
dhanadhānyasamākīrṇaḥ putrapautrasamākulaḥ .. 20.4 ..

### [2.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.6)

tuṣṭikāmaḥ punastiṣye śrāddhaṃ kurvīta mānavaḥ.  
āśleṣāsu pitṝnārcya vīrān putrānavāpnuyāt .. 20.5 ..

### [2.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.7)

śreṣṭho bhavati jñātīnāṃ maghāsu śrāddhamācaran.  
phalgunīṣu pitṝnārcya saubhāgyaṃ labhate naraḥ .. 20.6 ..

### [2.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.8)

pradhānaśīlaḥ sāpatya uttarāsu karoti yaḥ.  
sa satsu mukhyo bhavati haste yastarpayetpitṝn .. 20.7 ..

### [2.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.9)

citrāyāṃ caiva yaḥ kuryāt paśyedrūpavataḥ sutān.  
svātinā caiva yaḥ kuryādvidvām̐llābhamavāpnuyāt .. 20.8 ..

### [2.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.10)

putrārthantu viśākhāsu śrāddhamīheta mānavaḥ.  
anurādhāsu kurvvāṇo naraścakraṃ pravarttayet .. 20.9 ..

### [2.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.11)

ādhipatyaṃ labhecchraiṣṭhyaṃ jyeṣṭhāyāṃ satataṃ tu yaḥ.  
mūlenārogyamicchanti āṣāḍhāsu mahadyaśaḥ .. 20.10 ..

### [2.20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.12)

āṣāḍhābhiścottarābhirvītaśoko bhavennaraḥ.  
śravaṇāyāṃ sulokeṣu prāpruyāt paramāṃ gatim .. 20.11 ..

### [2.20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.13)

rājyabhāgvai dhaniṣṭhāsu prāpnuyādvipulaṃ dhanam.  
śrāddhaṃ tvabhijitā kurvan vindate'jāvikaṃ phalam .. 20.12 ..

### [2.20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.14)

nakṣatre vāruṇe kurvvan bhiṣaksiddhimavāpnuyāt.  
pūrvve proṣṭhapade kurvvan vindate'jāvikaṃ phalam .. 20.13 ..

### [2.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.15)

uttarāsvanatikramya vindedghā vai sahasraśaḥ.  
bahurūpakṛtaṃ dravyaṃ vindet kurvvaṃstu revatīm.  
aśvāṃścaivāśvinīyukto bharaṇyāmāyuruttamam .. 20.14 ..

### [2.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.16)

imaṃ śrāddhavidhiṃ kurvvañchaśabindurmahīmimām.  
kṛtsnāṃ tu lebhe sa kṛtsnāṃ labdhā ca praśaśaṃsa tam .. 20.15 ..

### [2.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.20.17)

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte nakṣatraviśeṣe śrāddhaphalavarṇanaṃ nāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 20 .. \*

## Linked texts (1)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.18.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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