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Shloka 8

Determining Rites for Difficult/Inauspicious Deaths; Annual and Daily Śrāddha Rules

Devanagari script

कर्तव्ये पार्वणे श्राद्धे आशौचं यदि जायते / आशौचावगमे कुर्याच्छ्राद्धं हि तदनन्तरम्

Transliteration

kartavye pārvaṇe śrāddhe āśaucaṃ yadi jāyate / āśaucāvagame kuryācchrāddhaṃ hi tadanantaram

Translation

إذا حلّ وقت شرادها البارفَا (الشرادها الدورية) فطرأت حالة āśauca (نجاسة طقسية)، فإذا زالت تلك النجاسة وجب أداء الشرادها مباشرةً بعدها.

Word by Word
कर्तव्येwhen (it) is to be performed
कर्तव्ये:
अधिकरण (adhikaraṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) + तव्य (कृदन्त)
Formकृत्य (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'कर्तव्ये (कर्मणि)'—when it is to be done
पार्वणेin the parva-śrāddha
पार्वणे:
अधिकरण (adhikaraṇa)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्वण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the parva rite)
श्राद्धेin the śrāddha
श्राद्धे:
अधिकरण (adhikaraṇa)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the śrāddha)
आशौचम्impurity (period of mourning)
आशौचम्:
कर्ता/विषय (subject/topic)
TypeNoun
Rootआशौच (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृसदृश-विषय (impurity as subject)
यदिif
यदि:
सम्बन्ध (condition marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional): if
जायतेarises
जायते:
क्रिया (verb)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; 'arises/occurs'
आशौच-अवगमेupon the end of impurity
आशौच-अवगमे:
अधिकरण (adhikaraṇa)
TypeNoun
Rootआशौच (प्रातिपदिक) + अवगम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'आशौचस्य अवगमे' (at the cessation of impurity)
कुर्यात्should perform
कुर्यात्:
क्रिया (verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'should do'
श्राद्धम्śrāddha
श्राद्धम्:
कर्म (karma)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object)
हिindeed/for
हि:
सम्बन्ध (emphasis/causal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (indeed/for)
तत्-अनन्तरम्immediately after that
तत्-अनन्तरम्:
कालाधिकरण (kāla-adhikaraṇa)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम) + अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; अर्थः 'तस्य अनन्तरम्' (immediately after that)
Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda/Vainateya)

Shraddha Ritual

Ritual Type: Parvana

Beneficiary: Pitr

Timing: If āśauca arises at the time of scheduled parva śrāddha, perform immediately after āśauca ends.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: When āśauca interrupts a scheduled pārvaṇa-śrāddha, perform it immediately after impurity ceases—dharma is preserved by correct sequencing rather than abandonment.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma as order (ṛta-like) in lived life; purity and timing as supports for sattva.

Application: If a death/birth impurity period arises near a scheduled śrāddha, pause; once the āśauca period ends, perform the rite without further delay.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: gṛha/śrāddha-maṇḍapa

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana śrāddha-vidhi passages on śauca/āśauca and timing; Next verse 2.45.9 on obstacles and rescheduling

Characters & Entities
P
Pitris

FAQs

This verse clarifies that śrāddha should not be performed during aśauca; instead, it must be completed as soon as the impurity period ends, preserving both ritual purity and the duty toward the Pitṛs.

Indirectly: it emphasizes correct performance of ancestral rites (śrāddha), which the Garuda Purana links with supporting the departed and maintaining dharmic obligations, rather than detailing a specific afterlife route in this line.

If a scheduled śrāddha is interrupted by a family aśauca event, pause the rite and perform it promptly once the aśauca period concludes, following one’s tradition and qualified priestly guidance.

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