Varaha Purana 190.52: Adhyaya 190, Shloka 52
Determinative Exposition on Śrāddha and the Pitṛyajña
Ancestral Offering
एवं क्रमेण वै तत्र पितृदेवा वसुन्धरे ॥ देवताः कश्यपोत्पन्ना श्राद्धेषु विनियोजिताः ॥
evaṃ krameṇa vai tatra pitṛdevā vasundhare || devatāḥ kaśyapotpannā śrāddheṣu viniyojitāḥ ||
ഹേ വസുന്ധരേ! അവിടെ ഇങ്ങനെ ക്രമമായി കശ്യപജന്യമായ പിതൃദേവതകൾ—ശ്രാദ്ധകർമ്മങ്ങളിൽ നിയോഗിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു।
Varāha
FAQs
It shows how Purāṇic literature systematizes ritual practice by assigning specific classes of deities within genealogical cosmology.
No geographic location is identified; “Vasundharā” is an address to the Earth as interlocutor.
Ritual acts are to be performed in an ordered manner, aligning household practice with a structured cosmological taxonomy.
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