Shloka 37
Śrāddha-Kāla-Nirṇaya: Proper Times, Nakṣatra Fruits, Tīrtha Merit, and Offerings for Ancestral Rites
व्रीहिभिश्च यवैर्माषैरद्भिर्मूलफलेन वा / श्यामाकैश्च यवैः शाकैर्नोवारैश्च प्रियङ्गुभिः / गौधूमैश्च तिलैर्मुद्गैर्मासं प्रीणयते पितॄन्
vrīhibhiśca yavairmāṣairadbhirmūlaphalena vā / śyāmākaiśca yavaiḥ śākairnovāraiśca priyaṅgubhiḥ / gaudhūmaiśca tilairmudgairmāsaṃ prīṇayate pitṝn
بتقديم الأرزّ، والشعير، والماشَة (اللوبيا السوداء)، والماء، أو الجذور والثمار؛ وبالشَّيَاماكَة (الدُّخن)، والشعير، والخُضر، والنِّيفارا (الأرزّ البريّ)، وحبّ البرييانغو؛ وكذلك بالقمح (غودهوم)، والسمسم، والمُدْغا (الماش الأخضر)—يُرضي المرءُ البيتْر، أرواحَ الأسلاف، شهرًا كاملًا.
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) instructing sages on dharma (Śrāddha-vidhi context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
This verse is primarily dharmic and ritual: it teaches how prescribed offerings sustain the Pitṛs. Indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇic vision that cosmic order (dharma) supports both worldly welfare and the inward path that culminates in knowledge of the Self.
No specific yogic technique is taught in this verse; it emphasizes śrāddha and tarpaṇa as karma-kāṇḍa duties. In the Kurma Purana’s integrated path, such disciplined duties purify the mind and become supportive (sādhaka) for later yoga and contemplation.
The verse itself does not name Shiva or Vishnu; it presents a shared dharma framework. In the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, the same divine order upheld by Hari is also honored through duties that align with Rudra’s dharma of purity and restraint.