Shloka 10
Śrāddha Vidhi (Pārvaṇa-Śrāddha): Invitations, Arghya, Protective Rites, Piṇḍa Offering, Dakṣiṇā, and Visarjana
विश्वेभ्यो देवेभ्यः एतानि गन्धपुष्पधूपदीपवासो युगयज्ञो पवीतानि नमः / गन्धादिदानमच्छिद्रमस्तु / अस्त्विति ब्राह्मणप्रतिवचनम्
viśvebhyo devebhyaḥ etāni gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpavāso yugayajño pavītāni namaḥ / gandhādidānamacchidramastu / astviti brāhmaṇaprativacanam
বিশ্বেদেৱসকললৈ নমঃ—এই গন্ধ, পুষ্প, ধূপ, দীপ, বস্ত্ৰ, যুগযজ্ঞ আৰু পবিত্ৰ (যজ্ঞোপবীত) অৰ্পণ কৰা হ’ল। গন্ধাদি দান অচ্ছিদ্ৰ আৰু সম্পূৰ্ণ হওক। “অস্তু”—এই ব্ৰাহ্মণৰ প্ৰতিবচন।
Ritual formula (mantra) recited by the performer/priest; affirmed by a Brahmin as prativacana (‘astu’). In the Garuda Purana narrative frame, it is taught within the Vishnu–Garuda dialogue.
Ritual Type: Parvana
Beneficiary: Pitr
Timing: Deva-pūrvāṅga within śrāddha (Viśvedevas offering and completion prayer)
Concept: Offerings must be ‘acchidra’ (unbroken/complete); communal validation through brāhmaṇa-prativacana confirms rite.
Vedantic Theme: Ritual as ordered offering (yajña-bhāva) cultivating humility and gratitude.
Application: Make offerings systematically (gandha, puṣpa, dhūpa, dīpa, vastra, yajña-aṅga, pavitra) and seek/receive officiant confirmation to avoid omissions.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: ritual seating area
Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.218 sequence: offerings to devas preceding Pitṛ-kriyā
FAQs
This verse frames the Viśvedevas as recipients of standard śrāddha-style upacāras (fragrance, flowers, incense, lamp, cloth, pavitra), emphasizing that offerings to the ‘All-gods’ support ritual completeness and auspiciousness in rites connected with ancestors and transitions.
It is a correctness clause: the performer prays that the offering of “fragrance and the rest” be free from breaks, omissions, or defects—i.e., properly completed according to rule and intention.
Whether doing śrāddha, a memorial service, or devotional offering, keep the essentials simple but complete, offer with clear dedication (saṅkalpa), and ensure proper closure/confirmation—symbolized here by the Brahmin’s assent ‘astu’.