Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 42
Gṛhastha-praveśa: Vivāha-bheda, Ācāra-śauca, Śrāddha-kāla, and Vaiṣṇava-lakṣaṇa
श्रोत्रिये गृहमायाते ग्रहणे चंद्रसूर्योः । पुण्यक्षेत्रेषु तीर्थेषु गृही श्राद्धं समाचरेत् ॥ ४२ ॥
śrotriye gṛhamāyāte grahaṇe caṃdrasūryoḥ | puṇyakṣetreṣu tīrtheṣu gṛhī śrāddhaṃ samācaret || 42 ||
នៅពេលស្រូត្រីយៈ (ព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍វេដដែលចេះដឹង) មកដល់ផ្ទះ និងនៅពេលគ្រាសព្រះចន្ទឬព្រះអាទិត្យ ហើយនៅពេលស្នាក់នៅក្នុងដែនបុណ្យ និងទីរថៈ (ទីបរិសុទ្ធសម្រាប់ធម្មយាត្រា) គ្រួសារបុរសគួរធ្វើពិធីស្រាទ្ធដោយគោរព។
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a dharma-instruction context)
Vrata: Śrāddha (tīrtha-śrāddha; grahaṇa-śrāddha; atithi/śrotriya-occasion śrāddha)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It marks specific highly meritorious occasions—receiving a śrotriya guest, eclipses, and presence in tīrthas—when śrāddha yields heightened ancestral and dharmic benefit for a householder.
By framing śrāddha as disciplined dharma performed at sacred times and places, it supports bhakti indirectly: purity, gratitude to ancestors, and honoring the learned strengthen sattva and make devotional life steadier.
Kalpa (ritual procedure) and Jyotiṣa (timing)—especially grahaṇa (eclipse) as a ritually significant kāla—are implied as key determinants for when śrāddha should be performed.