Vishnupurana 3.15.8
The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition 3.15.8
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3.15.8
"The class of Pitris derives support from the moon, and the moon is sustained by acts of austere devotion. Hence the appointment of one who practises austerities is most desirable. A Yogi set before a thousand Brahmans enables the institutor of obsequial rites to enjoy all his desires."
3.15.8.n1
The same doctrine is inculcated by the Váyu P.; but it appears to be a Pauráńik innovation, for Manu places the Brahman intent on scriptural knowledge and on austere devotion on a level, and makes no mention of the Yogi. III, 134.
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- Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit