Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.40

c7.40

Those notices refer to genealogical matters,⁶ and *śruti* is found used similarly regarding other matters. Thus the Padma (v, 11, 69–71) quotes a long-enduring *śruti*, that a son who goes to Gayā will please his seven paternal ancestors and also others of his maternal grandfathers. The Brahma (175, 35) declares Umā is queen of the three worlds and mother of the world, such is the well-known *śruti*. The former is not known to Vedic tradition, nor apparently is the latter.