Varaha Purana 8.35: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 35
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
एतेषामेकमप्यत्र कुर्वन्नपि न दृश्यते । तद्गृहं गन्तुमिच्छामि पितॄणां श्राद्धकाम्यया ॥ ८.३५ ॥
eteṣām ekam apy atra kurvann api na dṛśyate | tad gṛhaṃ gantum icchāmi pitṝṇāṃ śrāddha-kāmyayā || 8.35 ||
Walaupun melakukan walau satu daripada perkara-perkara ini di sini, hasil yang dihajati tidak kelihatan. Oleh itu, dengan hasrat menunaikan upacara śrāddha bagi para Pitṛ (leluhur), aku ingin pergi ke rumah itu.
Pṛthivī (default speaker assignment; explicit speaker not provided in the fragment)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic framing of śrāddha (ancestral rites) as a culturally embedded practice, indicating how ritual efficacy and appropriate venue were discussed within Sanskrit narrative-didactic literature.
No specific place-name is stated in this verse; it only references 'that household' (tad gṛham). Any precise geographic identification would require surrounding verses.
The verse emphasizes intentionality and appropriateness in performing ancestral rites—seeking a suitable setting and purpose (śrāddha-kāmyayā) rather than treating ritual action as mechanically effective everywhere.
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