Varaha Purana 13.41: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 41
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
नवस्वर्क्षेष्वमावास्या यदा तेषु द्विजोत्तम । तदा श्राद्धानि देयानि अक्षय्यफलमिच्छताम् । अपि कोटिसहस्रेण पुण्यस्यान्तो न विद्यते ॥ १३.४१ ॥
navasvarkṣeṣv amāvāsyā yadā teṣu dvijottama | tadā śrāddhāni deyāni akṣayyaphalam icchatām | api koṭisahasreṇa puṇyasyānto na vidyate || 13.41 ||
おお、二度生まれの中の最勝者よ。新月日（amāvāsyā）がその九つの月宿に合する時、不滅の果（akṣayya）を求める者はシュラーダ（śrāddha）の供施をなすべきである。たとえ幾十万のコーティ（koṭi）をもって数えようとも、その功徳に終わりは見いだされない。
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It reflects a Purāṇic integration of ritual practice with astral-lunar calendrics, showing how śrāddha observances were framed through nakṣatra timing and the concept of accumulating puṇya (merit) in classical Sanskrit literature.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the reference is calendrical (amāvāsyā and nakṣatra groupings) rather than topographical.
The verse presents a normative instruction to perform ancestral offerings (śrāddha) at an auspicious calendrical conjunction, emphasizing intentional giving and continuity of merit as a guiding principle.
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