Varaha Purana 188.95: Adhyaya 188, Shloka 95
Section on the Origin and Procedure of Piṇḍa-Rites and Śrāddha: Rules of Mourning Impurity
Aśauca
एवं च पिण्डसंकल्पं श्राद्धोत्पत्तिश्च माधवि ॥ आत्रेयेणैव मुनिना स्थापितं ब्राह्मणेषु च ॥
evaṃ ca piṇḍasaṃkalpaṃ śrāddhotpattiś ca mādhavi || ātreyeṇaiva muninā sthāpitaṃ brāhmaṇeṣu ca ||
आत्रेय रिशि ने यह सब पंडियों में चला दिया। उन्होंने बताया कि पिंड कैसे बनाते हैं और श्राद्ध कैसे शुरू हुआ। यह सब उन्होंने फिक्स कर दिया।
Narrator (addressing Mādhavī as listener)
FAQs
It explicitly attributes the institutional grounding of śrāddha and piṇḍa practice to a named sage, aiding source-criticism and ritual historiography.
No geographic location is specified.
To treat ritual acts as governed by intention/resolve (saṃkalpa) and by an established procedural lineage.
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