Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.19

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śrāddhakalpe nakṣatraśrāddhaṃ nāma aṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ // 18//
śaṃyuruvāca
kiṃ sviddattaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tu tṛptidaṃ vadatāṃ vara /
kiṃsvitsyāccirarātrāya kiṃ vānantyāya kalpate

bṛhaspatiruvāca
havīṣi śrāddhakalpe tu yāni śrāddhavido viduḥ /
tāni me śṛṇu sarvāṇi phalaṃ caiṣāṃ yathātatham

tilairvrīhiyavaimāṣairadbhirmūlaphalaistathā /
dattena māsaṃ prīyante śrāddhena hi pitāmahāḥ

matsyaiḥ prīṇanti dvau māsau trīnmāsānhāriṇena tu /
śāśena caturo māsānpañca prīṇāti śākunaiḥ

vārāheṇa tu ṣaṇmāsāñchāgalaṃ saptamāsikam /
aṣṭamāsikamityuktaṃ yacca pārvatakaṃ bhavet

rauraveṇa tu prīyante nava māsānpitāmahāḥ /
gavayasya tu māṃsena tṛptiḥ syāddaśamāsikī

aurabhreṇa ca māṃsena māsānekādaśaiva tu /
śrāddhe ca tṛptidaṃ gavyaṃ payaḥ saṃvatsaraṃ dvijāḥ

ānantyāya bhavettadvatkhaḍgamāṃsaṃ pitṛkṣaye /
pāyasaṃ madhusarpirbhyāṃ chāyāyāṃ kuñjarasya ca

kṛṣṇacchāgasya māsena tṛptirbhavati śāśvatī /
atra gāthāḥ pitṛgītāḥ kīrtayanti purāvidaḥ

tāste 'haṃ kīrttayiṣyāmi yathāvatsannibodha me /
api naḥ sa kule yāyādyo no dadyāt trayodaśīm

ājena sarvalohena varṣāsu ca maghāsu ca /
eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyeko 'pi gayāṃ vrajet /
gaurīṃ vāpyudvahedbhāryāṃ nālaṃ vā vṛṣamutsṛjet

śaṃyuruvāca
gayādīnāṃ phalaṃ tāta brūhi me paripṛcchataḥ /
dātṝṇāṃ caiva yatpuṇyaṃ nikhilena pravīhi me

bṛhaspatiruvāca
gayāyāmakṣayaṃ śrāddhañjapahomatapāṃsi ca /
pitṛkṣaye hi tatputra tasmāttatrākṣayaṃ smṛtam

pūrṇāyāmekaviṃśaṃ tu gauryāmutpāditaḥ sutaḥ /
mahāmahāṃśca juhuyāditi tasya phalaṃ smṛtam /
phalaṃ vṛṣasya vakṣyāmi gadato me nibodhata

vṛṣotsraṣṭā punātyeva daśātītāndaśāvarān

yatkiñcitspṛśate toyamavatīrṇo nadījale /
vṛṣotsarggatpitṝṇāṃ tu hyakṣayaṃ samudāhṛtam

yenayena spṛśettoyaṃ lāṅgūlādibhiraṅgaśaḥ /
sarvaṃ tadakṣayaṃ tasya pitṝṇāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

śṛṅgaiḥ khurairvā bhūmiṃ yāmullikhatyaniśaṃ vṛṣaḥ /
madhukulyāḥ pitṝṃstasya hyakṣayāśca bhavanti vai

sahasranalvamātreṇa taḍāgena yathāsrutiḥ /
tṛptistu yā pitṝṇāṃ vai sā vṛṣeṇeha kalpate

yo dadāti guḍonmiśratilāni śrāddhakarmaṇi /
madhu vāmadhumiśraṃ vā sarvamevākṣayaṃ bhavet

na brāhmaṇaṃ parikṣeta sadā deyaṃ hi mānavaiḥ /
daivekarmaṇi pitrye ca śrūyate vai parīkṣaṇam

sarvavedavratasnātāḥ paṅktīnāṃ pāvanā dvijāḥ /
ye ca bhāṣāvidaḥ kecidye ca vyākaraṇe ratāḥ

adhīyate purāṇaṃ vai dharmaśāstramathāpi ca /
triṇāciketaḥ pañcāgniḥ sa sauparṇaḥ ṣaḍaṅgavit

brahmadevasutaścaiva cchandogo jyeṣṭhasāmagaḥ /
puṇyeṣu yaśca tīrtheṣu kṛtasnānaḥ kṛtavrataḥ

makheṣu ye ca sarveṣu bhavantyavabhṛthāplutāḥ /
ye ca satyavratā nityaṃ svadharmaniratāśca ye

akrodhanā lobhaparāstāñchrāddheṣu nimantrayet /
etebhyo dattamakṣayyamete vai paṅktipāvanāḥ

śrāddhīyā brahmaṇā ye tu yogavratasuniṣṭhitāḥ /
trayo 'pi pūjitāstena brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ

pitṛbhiḥ saha lokāśca yo hyetānpūjayennaraḥ /
pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ ca maṅgalānāṃ ca maṅgalam

prathamaḥ sarvadharmāṇāṃ yogadharmo nigadyate /
apāṅkteyānpravakṣyami gadato me nibodhata

kitavo madyapo yaśca paśupālo nirākṛtaḥ /
grāmapreṣyo vārdhuṣiko hyāpaṇo vaṇijastathā

agāra dāhī garado vṛṣalo grāmayājakaḥ /
kāṇḍapṛṣṭho 'tha kuṇḍāśī madhupaḥ somavikrayī

samudrāntarito bhṛtyaḥ piśunaḥ kūṭasākṣikaḥ /
pitrā vivadamānaśca yasya copapatirgṛhe

abhiśastastathā stenaḥ śilpaṃ yaścopajīvati /
stavakaḥ sūpakāraśca yaśca mitrāṇi nindati

kāṇaśca khañjakaścaiva nāstiko vedavarjitaḥ /
unmatto 'pyatha ṣaṇḍhaśca bhrūṇahā gurutalpagaḥ

bhiṣagjīvī prāśanikaḥ parastrīṃ yaśca sevate /
vikrīṇāti ca yo brahmavratāni niyamāṃstathā

naṣṭaṃ syānnāstike dattaṃ vrataghne cāpavarjitam /
yaccavāṇijake dattaṃ neha nāmutra saṃbhavet

nikṣepahārake caiva kṛtaghne vidavarjite /
tathā pāṇavike vai ca kāruke dharmavarjite

krīṇāti yo hyapaṇyāni vikrīṇāti praśaṃsati /
anyatrāsya samādhānaṃ na vaṇikūchrāddhamarhati

bhasmanīva hutaṃ havyaṃ dattaṃ paunarbhave dvijaḥ /
ṣaṣṭiṃ kāṇaḥ śataṃ ṣaṇḍhaḥ śvitrī pañcaśatānyapi

pāparogī sahasraṃ vai dāturnāśayate phalam /
bhraśyeddhi sa phalāttasmātpradātā yastu bāliśaḥ

yadviṣṭitaśirā bhuṅkte yadbhuṅkte dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ /
sopānatkaśca yadbhuṅkte yacca dattamasatkṛtam

sarvaṃ tadasuredrāya brahmā bhāgamakalpayat /
śvā caiva brahmahā caiva nāvekṣeta kathañcana

tasmātparivṛtairdadyāttilaiścānnaṃ vikīrya ca /
rākṣasānāṃ tilāḥ proktāḥ śunāṃ parivṛtāstathā

darśanātsūkaro hanti pakṣavātena kukkuṭaḥ /
rajasvalāyāḥ sparśena kruddhoyaśca prayacchati

nadītīreṣu ramyeṣu saritsu ca sarassu ca /
vivikteṣu ca prīyante datteneha pitāmahāḥ

nāsavyaṃpātayejjānu na yukto vācamīrayet /
tasmātparivṛteneha vidhivaddarbhapāṇinā

pitrorārādhanaṃ kāryamevaṃ prīṇayate pitṝn /
anumānya dvijānpūrvamargauṃ kuryādyathāvidhi

pitṝṇāṃ nirvapedbhūmau sūrye vā darbhasaṃstare /
śuklapakṣe ca pūrvāṅṇe śrāddhaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi

kṛṣṇapakṣe 'paraṅṇe tu rauhiṇaṃ vai na laṅghayet /
evamete mahātmāno mahāyogā mahaujasaḥ

sadā vai pitaraḥ pūjyāḥ saṃ prāptau deśakālayoḥ /
pitṛbhaktyaiva tu naro yogaṃ prāpnoti durllabham

dhyānena mokṣaṃ gaccheddhi hitvā karma śubhāśubham /
yajñahetostaduddhṛtya mohayitvā jagattathā

guhāyāṃ nihitaṃ brahma kaśyapena mahātmanā /
amṛtaṃ guhyamuddhṛtya yoge yogavidāṃ varāḥ

proktaḥ sanatkumāreṇa mahāto brahmaṇaḥ padam /
devānāṃ paramaṃ guhyamṛṣīṇāṃ ca parāyaṇam

pitṛbhaktyā prayatnena prāpya te tanmanīṣibhiḥ /
pitṛbhaktaḥ samāsena pitṛpūrvaparaśca yaḥ

ayatnātprāpnuyādeva sarvametanna saṃśayaḥ

bṛhaspatiruvāca
yasmaiśrāddhāni deyāni yacca dattaṃ mahatphalam /
yeṣu cāpyakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ tīrtheṣu ca guhāsu ca

yeṣu svargamavāpnoti tatte proktaṃ sasaṃgraham /
śrutvemaṃ śrāddhakalpaṃ ca na kuryādyastu mānavaḥ

sa majjennarake ghore nāstikastamasāvṛte /
parivādo na karttavyo yogināṃ tu viśeṣataḥ

parivādātkrimirbhūtvā tatraiva parivarttate /
yogānparivadedyastu dhyānino mokṣakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

sa gacchennarakaṃ ghoraṃ śrotāpyasya na saṃśayaḥ /
āvṛtaṃ tamasaḥ sarvaṃ narakaṃ ghoradarśanam /
yogīśvaraparīvādānna svargaṃ yāti mānavaḥ

yogeśvarāṇāmā krośaṃ śṛṇuyādyo yatātmanām /
sahi kālaṃ ciraṃ majjennarake nātra saṃśayaḥ /
kuṃbhīpākeṣu pacyante jihvācchede punaḥ punaḥ

samudre ca yathā loṣaṭastadbatsīdanti te narāḥ /
manasā karmaṇā vācā dveṣaṃ yogeṣu varjayet /
protyānantaṃ phalaṃ bhuṅkta iha vāpi na saṃśayaḥ

na pārago vindati paramātmanastrilokamadhye carati svakarmamiḥ /
ṛco yajuḥ sāma tadaṅgapārage 'vikārametaṃ hyanavāpya sīdati

vikārapāraṃ prakṛteśca pāragastrayīguṇānā triguṇasya pāragaḥ /
yaḥ syāccaturviśatitattvapāragaḥ sa pārago nādhyayanasya pāragaḥ

kṛtsnaṃ yathāvatsamupaiti tatparastathaiva bhūyaḥ pralayatvamātmanaḥ /
pratyāharedyogapathaṃ na yo dvijo na sarvapāra kramapāragocaraḥ

vedasya veditavyaṃ ca vedyaṃ vindati yogavit /
taṃ vai vedavidaḥ prāhustamāhurvedapāragam

vedaṃ ca veditavyaṃ ca viditvā vai yathāsthitaḥ /
evaṃ vedavidaḥ prāhuranyaṃ vai vedapāragam

yajñānvedāṃstathā kāmāṃstapāṃsi vividhāni ca /
prāpnotyāyuḥ prajāścaiva pitṛbhakto na saśayaḥ

śraddhayā śrāddhakalpaṃ tu yastvimaṃ niyataḥ paṭhet /
sarvāṇyetāni vāpnoti tīrthadānaphalāni ca

sa paṅktipāvanaścaiva dvijānāmagrabhugbhavet /
āśrāvya ca dvijānso 'tha sarvakāmānavāpnuyāt

yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityama nyāṃśca śrāvayeddvijaḥ /
anasūyurjitakrodho lobhamohavivarjitaḥ

tīrthādīnāṃ phalaṃ prāpya dānādīnāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ /
mokṣopāyaṃ labhecchreṣṭhaṃ svargopāyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
iha cāpi parā puṣṭhistasmātkurvīta nityaśaḥ

imaṃ vidhiṃ yo hi paṭhedatandritaḥ samāhitaḥ saṃsadi parvasaṃdhiṣu /
apatyabhāgī ca pareṇa tejasā divaukasāṃ sa vrajate salokatām

yena proktastvayaṃ kalpo namastasmai svayaṃbhuve /
mahāyogeśvarebhyaśca sadā ca praṇato 'smyaham