Shloka 27
Śrāddha Vidhi (Pārvaṇa-Śrāddha): Invitations, Arghya, Protective Rites, Piṇḍa Offering, Dakṣiṇā, and Visarjana
ॐ इत्थं मातामहादिब्राह्मणानामाचमनम् / ॐ सुसुप्रोक्षितमस्त्विति भूम्यभ्युक्षणं कृत्वा / ॐ अपां मध्ये स्थिता देवाः सर्वमप्सु प्रतिष्ठितम् / ब्राह्मणस्य करे न्यस्ताः शिवा आपो भवन्तु नः / शिवा आपः सन्त्विति ब्राह्मणहस्ते जलदानम् / लक्ष्मीर्वसतिपुष्पेषु लक्ष्मीर्वसति पुष्करे / लक्ष्मीर्वसति गोष्ठेषु सौमनस्यं सदास्तु ते / सौमनस्यमस्त्विति पुष्पदानम् / अक्षतं चास्तु मे पुण्यं शान्तिः पुष्टिर्धृतिश्च मे / यद्यच्छ्रेयस्करं लोके तत्तदस्तु सदा मम / ॐ अक्षतञ्चारिष्टञ्चास्तु इति यवतण्डुलदानम्
oṃ itthaṃ mātāmahādibrāhmaṇānāmācamanam / oṃ susuprokṣitamastviti bhūmyabhyukṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā / oṃ apāṃ madhye sthitā devāḥ sarvamapsu pratiṣṭhitam / brāhmaṇasya kare nyastāḥ śivā āpo bhavantu naḥ / śivā āpaḥ santviti brāhmaṇahaste jaladānam / lakṣmīrvasatipuṣpeṣu lakṣmīrvasati puṣkare / lakṣmīrvasati goṣṭheṣu saumanasyaṃ sadāstu te / saumanasyamastviti puṣpadānam / akṣataṃ cāstu me puṇyaṃ śāntiḥ puṣṭirdhṛtiśca me / yadyacchreyaskaraṃ loke tattadastu sadā mama / oṃ akṣatañcāriṣṭañcāstu iti yavataṇḍuladānam
اس طرح نانا وغیرہ برہمنوں کو آچمن (پانی پلانا) کروائیں۔ 'یہ اچھی طرح سیراب ہو' کہہ کر زمین پر پانی چھڑکیں۔ 'پانی کے درمیان دیوتا بستے ہیں، ہر چیز پانی میں قائم ہے' کہہ کر برہمن کے ہاتھ میں پانی دیں۔ لکشمی اور امن کی دعا کرتے ہوئے پھول اور چاول نذر کریں۔
Lord Vishnu (narrating the ritual procedure to Garuda/Vinata-putra, as typical in Garuda Purana dialogue)
Ritual Type: Parvana
Beneficiary: Pitr
Timing: Brāhmaṇa-satkara and purification segment within śrāddha
Concept: Purity and auspiciousness are established through water rites, honoring brāhmaṇas, and invoking Lakṣmī; merit is sought as ‘akṣata’ (unbroken).
Vedantic Theme: Dharma sustains both adhyātmika (inner purity) and adhibhautika (social prosperity) through yajña-like reciprocity and sanctified elements (āpaḥ).
Application: Ensure ācamanam for officiants, sprinkle the ground, give water into brāhmaṇa’s hand with water-cosmology mantra, offer flowers with Lakṣmī mantra, and give barley/rice grains with prayers for peace and nourishment.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: śrāddha venue with attending brāhmaṇas (pitṛ-pratinidhi)
Related Themes: Sequence continues into tilodaka-dāna and blessings in 1.218.28
FAQs
This verse frames water as the universal support—“everything is established in water”—and makes jaladāna a rite of auspiciousness, invoking the Devas through water placed in the Brāhmaṇa’s hand.
It links purity-actions (ācamanam, sprinkling) with auspicious offerings, and explicitly invokes Lakṣmī as dwelling in flowers, lotus, and cow-sheds—so the puṣpadāna becomes a prayer for harmony and well-being.
Perform offerings with a clear intention of śānti (peace), puṣṭi (nourishment), and dhṛti (steadfastness), and treat ritual giving—water, flowers, grains—as disciplined gratitude and ethical generosity.