Varaha Purana 14.28: Adhyaya 14, Shloka 28
Ritual Procedure for Śrāddha: Sequence, Eligibility, and Offerings to Ancestors
पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः । तृप्तिं प्रयान्तु पिण्डेषु मया दत्तेषु भूतले ॥ १४.२८ ॥
pitā pitāmahaś caiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ | tṛptiṃ prayāntu piṇḍeṣu mayā datteṣu bhūtale || 14.28 ||
मेरे पापा, दादा और पर-दादा खुश हो जाएं। मैंने ज़मीन पर पिंड डाले हैं, उससे उनका पेट भरा है।
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not indicated in the excerpt)
FAQs
It reflects a widely attested South Asian memorial-rite vocabulary (piṇḍa, pitṛ-lineage terms) shared across Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra contexts, documenting how textual traditions framed intergenerational remembrance and social continuity.
No specific tīrtha or named location is mentioned here; the term bhūtale (“on the earth/ground”) indicates the terrestrial setting of the offering rather than a particular place.
The verse foregrounds responsibility toward predecessors through acts of remembrance and offering—an ethical theme of reciprocity and continuity across generations expressed through culturally codified rites.
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