History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.18

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¹²⁸² पितुर्गोत्रेण यः पुत्रः संस्कृतः पृथिवीपते । आचूडान्तं न पुत्रः स पुत्रतां याति चान्यतः ॥ चूडोपनयसंस्कारा निजगोत्रेण वै कृताः । दत्ताद्यास्तनयास्ते स्युरन्यथा दास उच्यते । ऊर्ध्वं तु पञ्चमाद्वर्षान्न दत्ताद्याः सुता नृप । गृहीत्वा पञ्चवर्षीयं पुत्रेष्टिं प्रथमं चरेत् ॥ कालिकापुराण q. by दत्त. मी. p. 122, नि. सि. III पूर्वार्ध p. 250, व्य. मयूख p. 114, दत्त. च. pp. 31-33 (reads यदि स्यात्कृतसंस्कारो यदि चातीतशैशवः ग्रहे पञ्चमाद्वर्षात् पुत्रेष्टिं), सं. कौ. p. 169 (reads चूडाद्या यदि and अन्यथा अदास). The cūḍā was usually performed in the third year and the locks that were kept on the boy's head depended upon the number of the *pravara* sages of the gotra of the father. Vide H. of Dh. vol. II. pp. 260-265 for cūḍākaraṇa. So if a boy (who was असगोत्र) was adopted after cūḍā, his position would be this that some संस्कारs would have been performed with one gotra, while others would be performed with another gotra i. e. he would thus belong to two gotras. To prevent this and to complete his affiliation into the adoptive family the putreṣṭi had to be performed.