भगवन्वत्सरांतेऽपि कन्यासंस्थे दिवाकरे । नास्माकं वंशजाः श्राद्धं प्रयच्छंति दुरात्मकाः
bhagavanvatsarāṃte'pi kanyāsaṃsthe divākare | nāsmākaṃ vaṃśajāḥ śrāddhaṃ prayacchaṃti durātmakāḥ
«Ô Seigneur Bienheureux, même à la fin de l’année, lorsque le Soleil se tient en Kanyā (la Vierge), nos descendants, au cœur mauvais, ne nous offrent pas le śrāddha.»
Pitṛs (addressing Brahmā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pitṛs address Brahmā: behind them a symbolic sky-wheel shows the Sun entering Kanyā (Virgo), indicating the neglected annual rite; their faces show hunger and grievance.
Ritual duty is tied to sacred time; neglecting śrāddha—even at appointed times—causes ancestral distress and moral decline.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on calendrical timing (Sun in Kanyā) for śrāddha.
Śrāddha at year’s end, marked by the Sun’s transit in Kanyā (Virgo), is referenced as an expected observance.
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