Shloka 60
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धमाहात्म्य-प्रश्नः
Pitṛ-sarga and the Greatness of Śrāddha: The Inquiry
एवं ते पितरो देवा धर्मतः पुत्रतां गताः । अन्योन्यं पितरो वै ते प्रथिताः क्षितिमण्डले
evaṃ te pitaro devā dharmataḥ putratāṃ gatāḥ | anyonyaṃ pitaro vai te prathitāḥ kṣitimaṇḍale
Thus those Pitṛs, who were indeed divine, by the ordinance of Dharma attained the state of sons; and, in mutual succession, they became renowned on the earth as one another’s fathers.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Īśāna
FAQs
It affirms that lineage and ancestral succession operate under Dharma’s cosmic order: even divine Pitṛs participate in worldly generation, showing how karma and righteous law structure embodied life, which Shaiva teaching ultimately directs toward liberation under Pati (Shiva).
By highlighting Dharma and ancestral continuity, the verse frames household and social duties as part of the ordered path; in Shaiva practice, such duties are sanctified by worship of Saguna Shiva (Linga) so that worldly obligations become purifying rather than binding.
Pitṛ-related observances such as tarpaṇa and śrāddha performed with Shaiva devotion—mentally offering the act to Shiva while reciting the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya)—align family duty with spiritual purification.