Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.18
iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde
śrāddhakalpe tithiśrāddhavarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ // 17//
bṛhaspatiruvāca
yamastu yāni śrāddhāni provāca śaśabindave /
tāni me śṛṇu kāryāṇi nakṣatreṣu pṛthak pṛthak
śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kṛttikāyogaṃ kurute satataṃ naraḥ /
agnīnādhāya sa svarge rājate sudṛḍhavrataḥ
apatyakāmo rohiṇyāṃ saumye tejasvinā bhavet /
prāyaśaḥ krūrakarmāṇi ārdrāyāṃ śrāddhamācaran
kṣetrabhāgī bhavetputrī śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā punarvasau /
puṣṭikāmaḥ punastiṣye śrāddhaṃ kurvīta mānavaḥ
āśleṣāsu pitṝnarcanvīrānputrānavāpnuyāt /
jātīnāṃ bhavati śreṣṭho maghāsu śrāddhamācaran
phālgunīṣu pitṝnarcansaubhāgyaṃ labhate naraḥ /
pradānaśīlaḥ sāpatya uttarāsu karoti yaḥ
saṃsatsu mukhyo bhavati haste 'bhyarcya pitṝnapi /
citrāyāṃ caiva yaḥ kuryātpaśyedrūpavataḥ sutān
svātinā caiva yaḥ kuryādvāṇijye lābhamāpnuyāt /
putrārthī tu viśākhāsu śrāddhamīheta mālavaḥ
anurādhāsu kurvāṇo naraścakraṃ pravarttayet /
ādhipatyaṃ bhavecchreṣṭhaṃ jyeṣṭhāyāṃ satataṃ tu yaḥ
mūlenārogyamicchanti hyāṣāḍhāsu mahadyaśaḥ /
uttarāsu tu kurvāṇo vītaśoko bhavennaraḥ
śravaṇena tu lokeṣu prāpnuyātparamāṃ gatim /
rājyabhāgī dhaniṣṭhāsu prāpnuyā dvipulaṃ dhanam
śrāddhanirjitalokaśca vedān sāṃgānavāpnuyāt /
nakṣatrairvāruṇaiḥ kurvanbhiṣaksiddhimavāpnuyāt
pūrvaprauṣṭha pade kurvanvindetājīvikānbahūn /
uttarāsvanatikramya vindedgā vai sahasraśaḥ
bahukupyakṛtaṃ dravyaṃ vindetkurvansurevatīm /
aśvānaśvayujā bhakto bharaṇyāṃ sādhusattamaḥ
imaṃ śrāddhavidhiṃ kurvañchaśabindurmahīmimām /
kṛtsnāṃ balena so 'kliṣṭho labhdhvā ca praśaśāsa ha
Original text: Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press (or a reprint thereof) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0