Varaha Purana 14.7: Adhyaya 14, Shloka 7
Ritual Procedure for Śrāddha: Sequence, Eligibility, and Offerings to Ancestors
परपूर्वापतिश्चैव मातापित्रोस्तथोज्झकः । वृषलीसूतिपोष्यश्च वृषलीपतिर एव च । तथा देवलकश्चापि श्राद्धे नार्हन्ति केतनम् ॥ १४.७ ॥
parapūrvāpatiś caiva mātāpitros tathojjhakaḥ | vṛṣalīsūtipoṣyaś ca vṛṣalīpatir eva ca | tathā devalakaś cāpi śrāddhe nārhanti ketanam || 14.7 ||
Und ebenso: der Ehemann einer Frau, die zuvor mit einem anderen verheiratet war; wer Mutter und Vater verlässt oder vernachlässigt; wer von den Nachkommen einer vṛṣalī erhalten wird; der Ehemann einer vṛṣalī; und auch der devalaka—sie gelten im śrāddha-Ritus nicht als geeignete Empfänger.
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It reflects a Dharmaśāstra-style concern with defining who may serve as a qualified recipient in śrāddha rituals, illustrating how Purāṇic texts often incorporate or echo normative social-ritual categories used in earlier legal and ritual literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is focused on ritual eligibility categories rather than sacred geography.
The passage frames śrāddha as a rite requiring carefully selected recipients, emphasizing social-duty norms (notably responsibility toward parents) and the regulation of ritual roles according to inherited classificatory standards.
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