Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 125
Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda
Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity
इस प्रकार यह श्राद्धके काल, क्रम, विधि, पात्र और फलका यथावतरूपसे वर्णन किया गया है ।। इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पितृरहस्यं नाम पज्चविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
śakra uvāca |
iti prakāraṁ idaṁ śrāddhasya kālaḥ kramaḥ vidhiḥ pātraṁ ca phalaṁ ca yathāvat-rūpeṇa varṇitaṁ | iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pitṛrahasyaṁ nāma pañcaviṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
释迦罗（Śakra，帝释）说道：“至此，关于施行 śrāddha（祭祖供养）之正法，已如实叙明——其适当之时、次第、仪轨、堪受之人，以及所结之果报。” 于是，在圣典《摩诃婆罗多》之《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）中、于“施舍之法”（Dāna-dharma）一段，名为《祖灵之秘》（Pitṛ-rahasya）的章节——第一百二十五章——至此告终。
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Śrāddha should be performed correctly—at the proper time, in the proper sequence and method, offered to worthy recipients—because the ethical quality of the act (right procedure and right recipient) determines its fruit.
Indra (Śakra) closes his instruction by summarizing that the rules and results of śrāddha have been fully explained; the verse also functions as a colophon marking the end of the chapter titled “Pitṛrahasya” within the Anuśāsana Parva’s teachings on dāna-dharma.