Shloka 6
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
ततोऽन्ये पूर्वजाः सर्वे ये चान्ये नरकौकसः ।
ये च तिर्यक्त्वमापन्ना ये च भूतादिसंस्थिताः ॥
tato 'nye pūrvajāḥ sarve ye cānye narakaukasaḥ | ye ca tiryaktvam āpannā ye ca bhūtādisaṃsthitāḥ ||
ततः परं सर्वेऽन्ये पितरः—नरकेषु वसन्तो ये, तिर्यग्योनिगताश्च ये, भूतादिषु च ये स्थिताः—(सर्वेऽपि गृह्यन्ते) ॥
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FAQs
Śrāddha is portrayed as compassionate outreach: even relatives in painful or degraded states are not abandoned; ritual merit is directed toward relief and upliftment across births.
Not pañcalakṣaṇa; it is ethical-ritual teaching embedded in the Purāṇa.
The verse maps consciousness across realms—hellish, animal, and ghostly—suggesting that offerings operate as a trans-dimensional ‘address’ that can reach beings regardless of embodiment.