Nakṣatra-Śrāddha (Ancestral Rites Connected with Asterisms) — नक्षत्रश्राद्धम्
बृहस्पतिरुवाच गयायामक्षयं श्राद्धञ्जपहोमतपांसि च / पितृक्षये हि तत्पुत्र तस्मात्तत्राक्षयं स्मृतम्
bṛhaspatiruvāca gayāyāmakṣayaṃ śrāddhañjapahomatapāṃsi ca / pitṛkṣaye hi tatputra tasmāttatrākṣayaṃ smṛtam
Bṛhaspati said: “My son, in Gayā, śrāddha, japa, homa, and austerity all yield imperishable fruit. For there the affliction of the ancestors is brought to an end; therefore that place is remembered as ‘Akṣaya’.”