History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.t1.419

v5.c73.t1.419

It is provided by Gobhilasmṛti (III. 157) that a śruti injunction should be made effective by means of *anukalpa* (of some substituted procedure) if the primary procedure cannot be carried out.¹¹⁴³ If a person cannot secure several brāhmaṇas but can secure only one, he should perform Pārvaṇa-śrāddha in which six piṇḍas are to be offered with a single brāhmaṇa, provided he is *paṅkti-pāvana*¹¹⁴⁴ (sanctifier of a row of diners) and in such a case, *naivedya* should be offered in place of the dinner to the *daiva* brāhmaṇas and the food should be thrown into fire; so says Śaṅkha 14.10. If even a single brāhmaṇa cannot be had for a pārvaṇaśrāddha, then one should prepare with kuśas the effigy of brāhmaṇa students (*baṭu*) and the performer should himself ask the questions and give the answers required in pārvaṇaśrāddha.¹¹⁴⁵