Brahmaṇa-parīkṣā
Examination/Doctrine of the Pitṛs in Śrāddha Context
पावनं ह्युत्तमं प्रोक्तं देवानां पितृभिः सह / येषां दास्यन्ति पिण्डांस्त्रीन्बान्धवा नामगोत्रतः
pāvanaṃ hyuttamaṃ proktaṃ devānāṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha / yeṣāṃ dāsyanti piṇḍāṃstrīnbāndhavā nāmagotrataḥ
This rite, performed with the gods together with the Pitṛs, is declared supremely purifying. For them, kinsmen will offer three piṇḍas, according to name and gotra.