Varaha Purana 13.36: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 36
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
श्राद्धं कुर्वीत विज्ञाय व्यतीपातेऽयने तथा । विषुवे चैव सम्प्राप्ते ग्रहणे शशिसूर्ययोः । समस्तेष्वेव विप्रेन्द्र राशिष्वर्केऽतिगच्छति ॥ १३.३६ ॥
śrāddhaṃ kurvīta vijñāya vyatīpāte 'yane tathā | viṣuve caiva samprāpte grahaṇe śaśisūryayoḥ | samasteṣv eva viprendra rāśiṣv arke 'tigacchati || 13.36 ||
Having ascertained the proper occasion, one should perform the śrāddha at the time of Vyatīpāta, and likewise at the solstices; also when the equinox has arrived, and during eclipses of the Moon and the Sun; and, O best of brāhmaṇas, when the Sun passes through all the zodiacal signs.
Varāha (default dialogic frame: Instructor speaking to Pṛthivī)
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It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of ritual duty (śrāddha) with observational calendrics, indicating how time-reckoning (eclipses, solstices, equinoxes, solar transits) informed normative practice in premodern Sanskrit textual culture.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is on temporal markers (astronomical and calendrical events) rather than a pilgrimage location.
The verse advises that ancestral rites should be performed with informed attention to appropriate times, emphasizing conscientious observance and alignment of human duties with recognized calendrical moments.
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