Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 37
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
अमीभिरृणपिण्डादिकथा नैवेह विद्यते नामधारका एवेह न गोत्रकुलसंमताः
amībhirṛṇapiṇḍādikathā naiveha vidyate nāmadhārakā eveha na gotrakulasaṃmatāḥ
In their case, discourse concerning debts, piṇḍa-offerings, and the like is not applicable here. Here they are merely bearers of a name; they are not acknowledged as belonging to the adopter’s gotra and kula.
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FAQs
It indicates restricted ritual/legal linkage: they may be treated as heirs in some sense, yet are not fully integrated into the adopter’s ancestral line for obligations like śrāddha/piṇḍa rites or certain debt/lineage duties.
Purāṇic-dharma lists often distinguish inheritance entitlement from full agnatic lineage incorporation. One may receive support or property rights while not being treated as a full gotra member for ancestral rites and lineage identity.
No. Different Dharmaśāstra and Purāṇic passages vary in details. This verse reflects one doctrinal position within the broader tradition, and should be read with its chapter’s internal logic and interlocutors.