Varaha Purana 187.102: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 102
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
तीर्थाद्यावाहनं कृत्वा स्नापनं तस्य कारयेत् ॥ गयादीनि च तीर्थानि ये च पुण्याः शिलोच्चयाः
tīrthādyāvāhanaṃ kṛtvā snāpanaṃ tasya kārayet || gayādīni ca tīrthāni ye ca puṇyāḥ śiloccayāḥ
पानी का आह्वान करके उसे नहलाओ। गया जैसे तीर्थ याद करो। जो पहाड़ और पत्थर धरम के लिए खास हैं वो भी याद करो।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)
FAQs
It links funerary purification with the conceptual network of tīrthas, illustrating how Purāṇic texts map ritual efficacy onto remembered geographies.
Gayā is named; it is widely identified with modern Gayā in Bihar, a long-attested center associated with ancestral rites (piṇḍa offerings) in Sanskrit literature.
To frame rites within a broader cultural memory of sacred landscapes, emphasizing continuity, remembrance, and orderly procedure.
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