Varaha Purana 187.111: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 111
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
मृतं नाम तथोद्दिश्य दद्यात्पिण्डं महीतले॥ तदाप्रभृति चाशौचं देवकर्म न कारयेत्॥
mṛtaṃ nāma tathoddiśya dadyāt piṇḍaṃ mahītale || tadāprabhṛti cāśaucaṃ devakarma na kārayet ||
मरने वाले का नाम लेकर उसके लिए पिंड ज़मीन पर रख दो। उसके बाद से कुछ दिन तक घर में शौच है। इस दौरान मंदिर का कोई काम नहीं करवाना चाहिए।
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It reflects a shared Purāṇic–Dharmaśāstra ritual vocabulary for funerary offerings (piṇḍa) and the regulated period of mourning (āśauca), useful for reconstructing medieval South Asian ritual norms.
No specific pilgrimage site or geographic toponym is named here; the only spatial marker is 'mahītala' (the ground/earth).
To observe a structured mourning discipline: perform the intended offering for the deceased and refrain from deity-ritual engagements during the āśauca period.
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