Varaha Purana 13.29: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 29
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
अग्निष्वात्तेति मारीच्या वैराजा बर्हिषंज्ञिताः । सुकालेयापि पितरो वसिष्ठस्य प्रजापतेः । तेऽपि याज्यास्त्रिभिर्वर्णैर्न शूद्रेण पृथक्कृतम् ॥ १३.२९ ॥
agniṣvātteti mārīcyā vairājā barhiṣaṃjñitāḥ | sukāleyāpi pitaro vasiṣṭhasya prajāpateḥ | te 'pi yājyās tribhir varṇair na śūdreṇa pṛthakkṛtam || 13.29 ||
والبِتْرُ المسمَّون «أَغْنِشْوَاتَّة»، المولودون من مريچي، و«ڤايراجا» المعروفون باسم «بَرْهِشَد»، وكذلك «سُكاليَة»—هؤلاء أيضًا هم الآباء الأسلاف لِبْرَجاپَتي ڤَسِشْتَه. وهم كذلك مستحقّون للقرابين من الطبقات الثلاث، ولكن لا يقوم الشودرَة بتقديمها على نحوٍ مستقلّ منفصل.
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It preserves a Purāṇic taxonomy of Pitṛ groups (Agniṣvātta, Barhiṣad, Sukāleya) and links them to a revered Vedic figure (Vasiṣṭha as Prajāpati), reflecting how genealogical cosmology and ritual eligibility were systematized in classical Sanskrit literature.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is on ancestral classes and ritual eligibility rather than sacred geography.
The verse primarily conveys a normative ritual guideline about who is authorized to perform offerings to certain Pitṛ groups, presenting a rule of ritual procedure rather than an environmental or geographic instruction.
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