Shloka 20
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
कार्यं श्राद्धममावास्यां मासि मास्युडुपक्षये ।
तथाष्टकास्वप्यवश्यमिच्छाकालं निबोध मे ॥
kāryaṃ śrāddham amāvāsyāṃ māsi māsy uḍupakṣaye /
tathā aṣṭakāsv apy avaśyam icchākālaṃ nibodha me
اماوَسیا کے دن شرادھ کرنا چاہیے، اور ہر ماہ قمری پکھواڑے کے اختتام پر بھی؛ اسی طرح اَشٹکا کے دنوں میں بھی یہ لازم ہے۔ اور جو اوقات اختیاراً کیے جا سکتے ہیں، وہ بھی مجھ سے جان لو۔
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FAQs
Ancestral obligation is integrated into the rhythm of lunar time; the householder’s dharma is periodic and dependable, not merely occasional. The verse maps duty onto recurring cosmic cycles.
Not pancalakṣaṇa proper; it is ritual-ācāra. However, its reliance on lunar cycles resonates with Purāṇic cosmological sensibilities (kāla as a governing principle).
New moon and fortnight-end symbolize ‘dissolution/return’ (laya) phases; offering to Pitṛs at these thresholds reflects feeding the subtle ancestors when the visible light wanes—an inward-turning sacramental moment.