Varaha Purana 190.96: Adhyaya 190, Shloka 96
Determinative Exposition on Śrāddha and the Pitṛyajña
Ancestral Offering
धृतं तु जुहुयादग्नावादित्यं चावलोकयेत् ॥ पुनरावपनं कृत्वा पितरं च पितामहान्
dhṛtaṁ tu juhuyād agnāv ādityaṁ cāvalokayet || punarāvapanaṁ kṛtvā pitaraṁ ca pitāmahān
अब घी लेकर अग्नि में डालो। सूर्य देव को देखो। फिर दोबारा से पूजा करो। पितरों और दादा-पर-दादो को याद करो और उनका कार्य पूरा करो।
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FAQs
It preserves elements associated with older Vedic ritual idioms (fire offering, solar witness) adapted into Purāṇic śrāddha correction procedures.
No location is mentioned; the verse concerns ritual actions (agni, āditya) as cosmically recognized witnesses rather than places.
To correct a compromised rite through prescribed steps that re-establish ritual validity and intention.
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