Varaha Purana 188.78: Adhyaya 188, Shloka 78
Section on the Origin and Procedure of Piṇḍa-Rites and Śrāddha: Rules of Mourning Impurity
Aśauca
तस्मात्प्रभृति लोकेषु पितृयज्ञो भविष्यति ॥ एवं यास्यति वत्स त्वं न शोकं कर्त्तुमर्हसि ॥
tasmātprabhṛti lokeṣu pitṛyajño bhaviṣyati || evaṃ yāsyati vatsa tvaṃ na śokaṃ karttum arhasi ||
उस वक्त से लोग अपने पुरखों के लिए पूजा करेंगे। यह सिलसिला चलता रहेगा। बेटा, अब तुम गम मत करो।
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It situates pitṛyajña as a socially established rite, reflecting the Purāṇic consolidation of ancestral observances alongside earlier Vedic ritual categories.
No specific location is named in this verse; the statement is framed as generally applicable “among people/in the world(s)”.
To restrain grief and accept the prescribed course of rites as part of an ordered cultural response to death.
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