Varaha Purana 13.17: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 17
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
गौरमुख उवाच । ये च ते पितरो ब्रह्मन् यं च कालं समासते । किं यतो वै पितृगणास्तस्मिँल्लोके व्यवस्थिताः ॥ १३.१७ ॥
gauramukha uvāca | ye ca te pitaro brahman yaṃ ca kālaṃ samāsate | kiṃ yato vai pitṛgaṇās tasmiṃlloke vyavasthitāḥ || 13.17 ||
Gauramukha berkata: “Wahai brāhmaṇa, para leluhurmu itu—pada waktu bilakah mereka berhimpun? Atas sebab apakah, sesungguhnya, kelompok-kelompok Pitṛ ditegakkan di alam itu?”
Gauramukha
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It reflects a common Purāṇic concern with the timing and structure of ancestral rites and the conceptual geography of the Pitṛ-world (pitṛloka), situating ritual practice within a broader cosmological framework.
No specific terrestrial location is named in this verse; it references “that world” (tasmin loke), i.e., the ancestral realm (pitṛloka) as a cosmological domain rather than a mapped place.
The verse frames an inquiry into ancestors and ritual timing, implying the ethical importance of attentiveness to lineage obligations and the orderly performance of rites grounded in cosmological understanding.
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