सूर्यरथ-कालचक्र-आयनविभागः, संध्योपासनम्, देवयान-पितृयानम्, विष्णुपद-गङ्गावतरणम्
दत्ताः पितृभ्यो यत्रापस् तनयैः श्रद्धयान्वितैः समात्रयं प्रयच्छन्ति तृप्तिं मैत्रेय दुर्लभाम्
dattāḥ pitṛbhyo yatrāpas tanayaiḥ śraddhayānvitaiḥ samātrayaṃ prayacchanti tṛptiṃ maitreya durlabhām
О Майтрея, там, где сыновья, исполненные шраддхи, подносят воду Питрам, эти возлияния, в должной мере, даруют предкам редкое, трудно достижимое удовлетворение.
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
This verse states that water-libations offered with sincere faith and proper measure grant the ancestors a rare satisfaction, highlighting Pitṛ-tarpaṇa as a key household duty within dharma.
Parāśara emphasizes that the offering is not merely physical; when performed by sons with śraddhā and due correctness, it becomes spiritually effective and yields true ‘tṛpti’ for the Pitṛs.
Within the Vishnu Purana’s dharma framework, such rites function under the sovereignty of cosmic order ultimately upheld by Vishnu; faithful performance aligns human action with that sustaining order.