Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.12

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīye
upoddhātapāde śrāddhakalpe samidvarṇana nāmaikādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ // 11//
sūta uvāca
devāścapitaraścaiva anyonyaṃ niyatāḥ smṛtāḥ /
ātharvaṇastveṣa vidhirityuvāca bṛhaspatiḥ

pūjayeta pitṝnpūrvaṃ devāṃśca tadanantaram /
devā api pitṝnpūrvamarccayanti hi yatnataḥ

dakṣasya duhitā nāmnā viśvā nāmeti viśrutā /
viśvākhyāstu sutāstasyāṃ dharmato jajñire daśa

prakhyātā striṣu lokeṣu sarvalokanamaskṛtāḥ /
samastāste mahātmānaścerurugraṃ mahattapaḥ

himavacchikhare ramye devarṣigaṇasevite /
śuddhena mansā prītā ūcustānpitarastadā

varaṃ vṛṇīdhvaṃ prītāḥ sma kaṃ kāmaṃ kakhāmahe /
evamukte tu pitṛbhistadā trailokyabhāvanaḥ

brahmovāca mahātejāstapasā taistu toṣitaḥ /
prīto 'smi tapasānena kaṃ kāmaṃ karavāṇi vaḥ

evamuktāstadā viśve brahmaṇā viśvakarmaṇā /
ūcuste sahitāḥ sarve brahmāṇāṃ lokabhāvanam

śrāddhe 'smākaṃ bhavedaṃśo hyeṣa naḥ kāṅkṣito varaḥ /
pratyuvāca tato brahmā tānvai tridaśapūjitaḥ

bhaviṣyatyevamevaṃ tu kāṅkṣito vo varastu yaḥ /
pitṛbhiśca tathetyuktamevametanna saṃśayaḥ

sahasmābhistu bhoktavyaṃ yatkiṃ ciddṛśyate tviha /
asmākaṃ kalpite śrāddhe yuṣmānaprāśanaṃ hi vai

bhaviṣyati manuṣyeṣu satyame tadbruvāmahe /
mālyairgandhaistathānnena yuṣmānagre 'rccayiṣyati /1 12.12//
agre dattvā tu yuṣmākamasmākaṃ dāsyate tataḥ /
visarjanamathāsmākaṃ pūrvaṃ paścāttu daivatam

rakṣaṇaṃ caiva śrāddhasya ātithyasya vidhidvayam /
bhūtānāṃ devatānāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ caiva karmaṇi

evaṃ kṛte samyagetatsarvameva bhaviṣyati /
evaṃ dattvā varaṃ teṣāṃ brahmā pitṛgaṇaiḥ saha

kṣamānugrahakṛddevaḥ saṃcakāra yathoditam /
vede pañca mahāyajñā narāṇāṃ samudāhṛtāḥ

etānpañca mahāyajñānnirvapetsatataṃ naraḥ /
yatra sthāsyanti dātārastatsthānaṃ vai nibodhata

nirbhayaṃ virajaskaṃ ca niḥśokaṃ nirvyathaklamam /
brāhmaṃ sthānamavāpnoti sarvalokapuraskṛtam

śūdreṇāpi ca karttavyāḥ pañcaite mantravarjitāḥ /
ato 'nyathā tu yo bhuṅkte sa ṛṇaṃ nityamaśnute

ṛṇaṃ bhuṅkte sa pāpātmā yaḥ pacedātmakāraṇāt /
tasmānnirvartayetpañca mahāyajñānsadā budhaḥ

udakpūrve baliṃ kuryādudakānte tathaiva ca /
baliṃ suvihitaṃ kuryā duccairuccataraṃ kṣipet

paraśṛṅgaṃ gavāṃ mūtraṃ baliṃ sūtraṃ samutkṣipet /
tannivedyo bhavetpiṇḍaḥ pitṝṇāṃ yastu jīvati

iṣṭenānnena bhakṣyaiśca bhojayecca yathāvidhi /
nivedyaṃ kecidicchanti jīvantyapi hi yatnataḥ

devadevā mahātmāno hyete pitara ityuta /
icchanti kecidācāryaḥ paścātpiṇḍanivedanam

pūjanaṃ caiva vipraṇāṃ pūrvameveha nityaśaḥ /
taddhidharmārthakuśalo netyuvāca bṛhasmatiḥ

pūrvaṃ nivedayetpiṇḍānpaścādviprāṃśca bhojayet /
yogātmāno mahātmānaḥ pitaro yoga saṃbhavāḥ

somamāpyāyayantyete pitaro yogasaṃsthitāḥ /
tasmāddadyācchuciḥ piṇḍānyogebhyastatparāyaṇaḥ

pitṝṇāṃ hi bhavedetatsākṣādiva hutaṃ haviḥ /
brahmaṇānāṃ sahasrasya yogasthaṃ grāsayedyadi

yajamānaṃ ca bhoktṝṃś ca naurivāmbhasi tārayet /
asatāṃ pragraho yatra satāṃ caiva vimānatā

daṇḍo daivakṛtastatra sadyaḥ patati dāruṇaḥ /
itvā mama sadharmāṇaṃ bāliśaṃ yastu bhojayet

ādikarma samutsṛjya dātā tatra vinaśyati /
piṇḍamagnau sadā dadyadbhogārthī prathamaṃ naraḥ

dadyātprajārthī yatnena madhyamaṃ mantrapūrvakam /
uttamāṃ kāntimanvicchangoṣu nityaṃ prayacchati

prajñāṃ caiva yaśaḥ kīrttimapsu vai saṃprayacchati /
prārthayandīrghāmāyuśca vāyasebhyaḥ prayacchati

sokumāryamathānvicchankukkuṭebhyaḥ prayacchati /
evametatsamuddiṣṭaṃ piṇḍanirvapaṇe phalam

ākāśe gamayedvāpi apsu vā dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ /
pitṝṇāṃ sthānamākāśaṃ dakṣiṇā caiva digbhevet

eke viprāḥ punaḥ prāhuḥ piṇḍoddharaṇamagrataḥ /
anujñātastu tairvipraiḥ kāmasuddhriyatāmit

puṣpāṇāṃ ca phalānāṃ ca bhakṣyāṇāmannatastathā /
agramuddhṛtya sarveṣāṃ juhuyāddhavyavāhane

bhaṅyamannaṃ tathā peyaṃ mūlāni ca phalāni ca /
hutvāgnau ca tataḥ piṇḍānnirvapeddakṣiṇā mukhaḥ

vaivasvatāya somāya hutvā piṇḍānnivedya ca /
udakānnayanaṃ kṛtvā paścādviprāṃśca bhojayet

anupūrvaṃ tato viprānbhakṣyairannaiśca śaktitaḥ /
snigdhairuṣṇaiḥ sugandhaiśca tarpayettānrasairapi

ekāgraḥ paryupāsīnaḥ prayataḥ prāñjaliḥ sthitaḥ /
tatparaḥ śraddadhānaśca kāmānāpnoti mānavaḥ

akṣudratvaṃ kṛtajñatvaṃ dākṣiṇyaṃ saṃskṛtaṃ vacaḥ /
tapo yajñāṃśca dānaṃ ca prayacchanti pitāmahāḥ

ataḥ paraṃ vidhiṃ saumyaṃ bhuktavatsu dvijātiṣu /
ānupūrvyeṇa vihitaṃ tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

prokṣya bhūmimathoddhṛtya pūrvaṃ pitṛparāyaṇaḥ /
tato 'nnivikiraṃ kuryādvidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā

svadhā vācya tato viprān vidhivadbhūritakṣiṇān /
annaśeṣamanujñāpya satkṛtya dvijasattamān

prāñjaliḥ prayataścaiva anugamya visarjayet