Vishnupurana 3.15.51-54
Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.15.51-54
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3.15.51
evaṃ śrāddhaṃ budhaḥ kuryāt paitraṃ mātāmahaṃ tathā
śrāddhair āpyāyitā dadyuḥ sarvakāmān pitāmahāḥ //
"In this manner an enlightened householder will celebrate the obsequial worship of his paternal and maternal ancestors, who, satisfied by his offerings, will grant him all his desires. Three things are held pure at obsequies, a daughter's son, a Nepal blanket, and sesamum-seeds; and the gift, or naming, or sight of silver is also propitious. The person offering a Śráddha should avoid anger, walking about, and hurry; these three things are very objectionable. The Viśwadevas, and paternal and maternal ancestors, and the living members of a man's family are all nourished by the offerer of ancestral oblations.
3.15.52
trīṇi śrāddhe pavitrāṇi dauhitraḥ kutapas tilāḥ
rajatasya tathā dānaṃ kathāsaṃdarśanādikam //
"In this manner an enlightened householder will celebrate the obsequial worship of his paternal and maternal ancestors, who, satisfied by his offerings, will grant him all his desires. Three things are held pure at obsequies, a daughter's son, a Nepal blanket, and sesamum-seeds; and the gift, or naming, or sight of silver is also propitious. The person offering a Śráddha should avoid anger, walking about, and hurry; these three things are very objectionable. The Viśwadevas, and paternal and maternal ancestors, and the living members of a man's family are all nourished by the offerer of ancestral oblations.
3.15.53
varjyāni kurvatā śrāddhaṃ kopo 'dhvagamanaṃ tvarā
bhoktur apy atra rājendra trayam etan na śasyate //
"In this manner an enlightened householder will celebrate the obsequial worship of his paternal and maternal ancestors, who, satisfied by his offerings, will grant him all his desires. Three things are held pure at obsequies, a daughter's son, a Nepal blanket, and sesamum-seeds; and the gift, or naming, or sight of silver is also propitious. The person offering a Śráddha should avoid anger, walking about, and hurry; these three things are very objectionable. The Viśwadevas, and paternal and maternal ancestors, and the living members of a man's family are all nourished by the offerer of ancestral oblations.
3.15.54
viśvedevāḥ sapitaras tathā mātāmahā nṛpa
kulaṃ cāpyāyyate puṃsāṃ sarvaṃ śrāddhaṃ prakurvatām //
"In this manner an enlightened householder will celebrate the obsequial worship of his paternal and maternal ancestors, who, satisfied by his offerings, will grant him all his desires. Three things are held pure at obsequies, a daughter's son, a Nepal blanket, and sesamum-seeds; and the gift, or naming, or sight of silver is also propitious. The person offering a Śráddha should avoid anger, walking about, and hurry; these three things are very objectionable. The Viśwadevas, and paternal and maternal ancestors, and the living members of a man's family are all nourished by the offerer of ancestral oblations.
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English
Other recensions (1)
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Varāhapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Nirṇayasindhu — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit