[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Paraskaragrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara) › 1.13 # Paraskaragrihyasutra 1.13 Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 1.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.1.13.1) sā yadi garbhaṃ na dadhīta siṃhyāḥ śvetapuṣpyā upoṣya puṣyeṇa mūlamutthāpya caturthe 'hani snātāyāṃ niśāyāmudapeṣaṃ piṣṭvā dakṣiṇasyāṃ nāsikāyāmāsiñcati \ iyamoṣadhī trāyamāṇā sahamānā sarasvatī asyā ahaṃ bṛhatyāḥ putraḥ pituriva nāma jagrabhamiti \1\ \\13\\ > If she does not conceive, he should, after having fasted, under (the Nakshatra) Pushya, lay down (in his house) the root of a white-blooming Simhî plant, and on the fourth day, after (his wife) has bathed, he should in the night-time crush it in water and insert it into her right nostril with (the verse), 'This herb is protecting, overcoming, and powerful. May I, the son of this great (mother), obtain the name of a father!' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara~en-oldenberg.1.13.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!harihara.14.1) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Ṛṣibudha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara.1.p45.109) — Ṛṣibudha, Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara-khandabhatta.1.p45.109) — Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Siddheśvara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara-siddhesvara.1.p45.109) — Siddheśvara 1630, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.1.13) · Pramāṇa