Shloka 19
Śrāddha’s Cosmic Reach and Kāla-Nirṇaya (Sacred Timings): Amāvāsyā, Nakṣatra-Yoga, Tīrtha, and Minimum Offerings
गायन्ति चैतत् पितरः सदैव वर्षामघातृप्तिम् अवाप्य भूयः माघासितान्ते शुभतीर्थतोयैर् यास्याम तृप्तिं तनयादिदत्तैः
gāyanti caitat pitaraḥ sadaiva varṣāmaghātṛptim avāpya bhūyaḥ māghāsitānte śubhatīrthatoyair yāsyāma tṛptiṃ tanayādidattaiḥ
祖灵（Pitṛ）常常吟唱此句：“雨季已得满足，我们将在摩伽斋戒终了之时，凭借子孙所献的吉祥圣地渡口之水，再次获得圆满的饱足。”
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya; verse reports what the Pitṛs say)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Pitṛ-tarpaṇa and śrāddha-related observances that satisfy the ancestors across seasons and vows
Teaching: Ethical
Quality: authoritative
Concept: Pitṛ-tarpaṇa performed at proper times (rainy season; Māgha observance) with tīrtha-water and filial intention is a dharmic act that sustains the ancestral order.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Maintain periodic remembrance and offerings for forebears (charity, prayers, rites) with sincerity and regularity rather than occasional display.
Vishishtadvaita: Dharma is rendered as service within Bhagavān’s cosmic administration, where relational duties (to Pitṛs) are meaningful within His ordered world.
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
This verse presents Māgha’s concluding rites as a recurrent point at which the Pitṛs receive renewed satisfaction, especially through tīrtha-water offerings made by descendants.
By quoting the Pitṛs themselves, Parāśara frames tarpaṇa/śrāddha as an intergenerational dharma: offerings made by sons and descendants become the direct cause of the ancestors’ ‘tṛpti’ (satiation).
Even in ritual sections, the Vishnu Purana treats dharma as part of cosmic sovereignty: orderly rites like tīrtha-offerings sustain the moral universe that ultimately rests upon Vishnu as the supreme ground of order.