Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 35
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
अमीषु षट्पु पुत्रेषु ऋमपिण्डधनक्रियाः गोत्रस्म्यं कुले वृत्तिः प्रतिष्ठ शाश्वती तथा
amīṣu ṣaṭpu putreṣu ṛmapiṇḍadhanakriyāḥ gotrasmyaṃ kule vṛttiḥ pratiṣṭha śāśvatī tathā
Among these six kinds of sons, the acts concerning debt, the funeral piṇḍa-offerings, and property are to be carried out; likewise, the preservation of gotra-identity, the continuance of the family line’s livelihood and customary usage, and enduring social standing (pratiṣṭhā) are maintained.
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FAQs
In dharma frameworks, a son is a primary agent for continuing ancestral offerings (piṇḍa/śrāddha). The verse ties eligibility as ‘son’ to the capacity to discharge funerary obligations that sustain the ancestor line and its ritual welfare.
The verse presents a unified model of continuity: ritual continuity (piṇḍa), legal-economic continuity (dhanakriyā/inheritance), and moral-social continuity (ṛṇa obligations, gotra/kula identity, pratiṣṭhā). Together they define what it means to sustain a lineage.
No. Despite the Vāmana Purāṇa’s strong geographic orientation elsewhere, these verses are a dharma-legal excursus focused on kinship categories and the mechanisms of lineage maintenance.