Varaha Purana 13.18: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 18
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
मार्कण्डेय उवाच । प्रवर्तन्ते वराः केचिद् देवानां सोमवर्द्धनाः । ते मरीच्यादयः सप्त स्वर्गे ते पितरः स्मृताः ॥ १३.१८ ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | pravartante varāḥ kecid devānāṃ somavarddhanāḥ | te marīcyādayaḥ sapta svarge te pitaraḥ smṛtāḥ || 13.18 ||
मार्कण्डेय उवाच—देवानां सोमवर्धनार्थं केचिद् वराः प्रवर्तन्ते। ते मरीच्यादयः सप्त स्वर्गे पितर इति स्मृताः॥
Mārkaṇḍeya
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It preserves a Purāṇic classification linking the Pitṛs with a celestial group of seven figures (beginning with Marīci) and associates them with Soma-related ritual/cosmic function, reflecting continuity with older Vedic-Purāṇic ancestor concepts.
No specific terrestrial location is named; the setting is “svarga” (heaven), a cosmological realm rather than a mappable geographic site.
The verse does not state a direct ethical injunction; its primary function is doctrinal classification—identifying revered ancestral figures (Pitṛs) and their cosmic role, which indirectly supports the cultural principle of honoring lineage and ancestral remembrance.
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