Śrāddha-prayoga: Niyama, Brāhmaṇa-parīkṣā, Kutapa-kāla, Tithi-nyāya, and Vaiṣṇava-phala
चतुरस्त्रं ब्राह्मणस्य त्रिकोणं क्षत्रियस्य वै । वैश्यस्य वर्तुलं ज्ञेयं शूद्रस्याभ्याभ्युक्षणं भवेत् ॥ ३३ ॥
caturastraṃ brāhmaṇasya trikoṇaṃ kṣatriyasya vai | vaiśyasya vartulaṃ jñeyaṃ śūdrasyābhyābhyukṣaṇaṃ bhavet || 33 ||
برہمن کا منڈل چوکور، کشتری کا مثلث، ویش کا دائرہ سمجھا جائے؛ اور شودر کے لیے رسم پانی کے چھڑکاؤ (ابھیابھیُکشن) سے ہی ادا ہوتی ہے۔
Sanatkumāra (teaching Nārada in dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
It presents a dharmic principle of “adhikāra-bheda” (differentiated eligibility): ritual forms and methods are adapted to the practitioner’s social-ritual station, aiming at orderly, effective performance rather than a single uniform procedure for all.
Indirectly, it supports bhakti by emphasizing disciplined observance: when rites are performed in a regulated, appropriate manner (with purity and correct procedure), they become supportive auxiliaries (aṅgas) that steady the mind for devotion and remembrance of the Divine.
It reflects ritual-technical knowledge akin to Vedāṅga applications—especially kalpa-style procedural classification and basic geometric layout of maṇḍalas/vedis, along with the purificatory practice of abhyukṣaṇa (sprinkling) used in rites.